MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

multiple sclerosis

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as in cerebral palsy

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Recent Examples of multiple sclerosis Five years after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, actor Christina Applegate revealed this week that she had been misdiagnosed. — Bruce Bebo, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026 For months, multiple sclerosis seemed to explain what was happening to my body. — Jade Tran, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2026 John eventually opened up to Sarah about his multiple sclerosis diagnosis, prompting a candid discussion about healthcare, vaccines and reproductive rights. — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2026 The View cohosts banded together to slam Megyn Kelly over the latter’s shaming of Christina Applegate amid her multiple sclerosis misdiagnosis. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for multiple sclerosis

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In general, Hadland said some patients with severe brain bleeds in infancy can develop long-term movement problems, including cerebral palsy, may develop behavioral challenges, or may require a shunt to manage high pressures around their brain.

— Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
Danielle Perry, who lives with cerebral palsy, is now enjoying independent living in her own apartment after leaving a rehabilitation center.

— Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

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Other vaccines including for poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, mumps and rubella will remain in place unless updated through legislation, according to the state Department of Health.

— Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
Cases of paralytic poliomyelitis disease plummeted from over 15,000 a year in the early 1950s to under 100 in the 1960s and then down to fewer than 10 in the 1970s.

— Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022

Definition of poliomyelitis

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