MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

multiple sclerosis

noun

as in cerebral palsy

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Recent Examples of multiple sclerosis The Emmy award-winning actress, 54, was discharged recently after spending months in the hospital amid her ongoing struggle with multiple sclerosis, according to a TMZ report. — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026 Think multiple sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy, ALS and Alzheimer's. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026 People older than 60 are most at risk, or those with weakened immune systems and chronic conditions like cancer, lupus and multiple sclerosis. — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 29 July 2026 When Ashley Eklin received a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in 2022, her outlook on life changed forever. — Scott Neuman, NPR, 24 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for multiple sclerosis

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My son had suffered a massive stroke shortly after birth, leaving him with cerebral palsy and hemiplegia.

— Danielle Stephens, USA Today, 26 July 2026
Along with Day-Lewis, Fricker won an Oscar for her performance in the movie about an Irish man born with cerebral palsy who could control only his left foot.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 July 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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