multiple sclerosis
noun
: a demyelinating disease marked by patches of hardened tissue in the brain or the spinal cord and associated especially with partial or complete paralysis and jerking muscle tremor
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The owner of a local day spa, James had been feeling run down after spending much of her free time that year caring for her elderly mother, who’d entered the final stages of multiple sclerosis.
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Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024
Most were cancer treatment drugs, but others could have been used to treat AIDS, multiple sclerosis, arthritis and other diseases.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024
People diagnosed with cancer, multiple sclerosis, post-traumatic stress disorder and more, all qualify.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2024
Walters, a professor of kinesiology at Seattle University, is running over 160 miles across Wisconsin between July 2 and 7 to raise funds and awareness for multiple sclerosis as part of the MS Run the US 2024 Ultra Relay team.
—Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2024
And in 2011 she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks the protective covering of the nerve cells in the brain, optic nerve and spinal cord.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
Christina Applegate is getting brutally candid about her journey with multiple sclerosis.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
Christina Applegate is opening up about living with multiple sclerosis, the unpredictable and potentially debilitating disease she was diagnosed with in 2021.
—Katherine Itoh, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2024
That led her to get an MRI, which resulted in her diagnosis of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2024
Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024
Most were cancer treatment drugs, but others could have been used to treat AIDS, multiple sclerosis, arthritis and other diseases.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024
People diagnosed with cancer, multiple sclerosis, post-traumatic stress disorder and more, all qualify.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2024
Walters, a professor of kinesiology at Seattle University, is running over 160 miles across Wisconsin between July 2 and 7 to raise funds and awareness for multiple sclerosis as part of the MS Run the US 2024 Ultra Relay team.
—Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2024
And in 2011 she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks the protective covering of the nerve cells in the brain, optic nerve and spinal cord.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
Christina Applegate is getting brutally candid about her journey with multiple sclerosis.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
Christina Applegate is opening up about living with multiple sclerosis, the unpredictable and potentially debilitating disease she was diagnosed with in 2021.
—Katherine Itoh, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2024
That led her to get an MRI, which resulted in her diagnosis of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Multiple sclerosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multiple%20sclerosis. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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