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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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Main Entry: amyo·tro·phic lateral sclerosis
Pronunciation: \ˌā-ˌmī-ə-ˈtrō-fik-, -ˈträ-\
Function: noun
Etymology: 2a- + my- + -trophic
Date: 1886

: a rare progressive degenerative fatal disease affecting the motor neurons, usually beginning in middle age, and characterized especially by increasing and spreading muscular weakness and atrophy —abbreviation ALS —called also Lou Gehrig's disease


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