amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

English

Noun

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (uncountable)

1. (neurology, pathology) A chronic, progressive disease characterized by degeneration of the central nervous system and the loss of voluntary muscle control.

   Synonyms: ALS, (US) Lou Gehrig's disease, motor neuron disease

Hypernyms

Hypernyms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

• lateral sclerosis
• motor neurone disease

 

Translations

disease

Afrikaans: motorneuronsiektes, amiotrofiese laterale sklerose Arabic: التَّصَلُّب الضُّمُورِي الْجَانِبِي‎ m (at-taṣallub aḍ-ḍumūrī l-jānibī) Azerbaijani: yan amiotrofik skleroz Catalan: esclerosi lateral amiotròfica f Chinese: Mandarin: 肌萎縮性脊髓側索硬化症／肌萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化症 (jīwěisuōxìng jǐsuǐcèsuǒ yìnghuàzhèng), 肌萎縮側索硬化症／肌萎缩侧索硬化症, 盧·賈里格症／卢·贾里格症 (Lú Jiǎlǐgézhèng), 肌萎缩侧索硬化症 (jīwěisuō cèsuǒ yìnghuàzhèng), 漸凍人症／渐冻人症 (zh) (jiàndòngrénzhèng) (colloquial) Danish: amyotrofisk lateralsklerose c Dutch: amyotrofische laterale sclerose f Esperanto: amiotrofa lateralsklerozo Finnish: ALS-tauti French: maladie de Lou Gehrig, sclérose latérale amyotrophique (fr), SLA (fr) Georgian: ამიოტროფული გვერდითი სკლეროზი (amioṭropuli gverditi sḳlerozi) German: Amyotrophe Lateralsklerose f Hungarian: amiotrófiás laterálszklerózis Icelandic: blönduð hreyfitaugahrörnun f, hliðarstrengjavista f, Lou Gehrig-sjúkdómur m Indonesian: sklerosis lateral amiotrofik Japanese: 筋萎縮性側索硬化症 (ja) (きんいしゅくせいそくさくこうかしょう, kin'ishukuseisokusekikōkashō) Korean: 근위축성 측색 경화증(筋萎縮性側索硬化症) (geunwichukseong cheuksaek gyeonghwajeung) Latin: sclerosis lateralis amyotrophica f Malayalam: അമിട്രോഫിക് ലാറ്ററൽ സ്‌ക്ലീറോസിസ് (amiṭrōfikŭ lāṟṟaṟal s‌klīṟōsisŭ) Norwegian: Bokmål: amyotrofisk lateralsklerose m Oriya: ଆମାୟୋଟ୍ରୋଫିକ୍ ଲାଟେରାଲ ସ୍କ୍ଲେରୋସିସ୍ (amayoṭrophik laṭeralô sklerosis) Persian: اسکلروز جانبی آمیوتروفیک‎ Portuguese: esclerose lateral amiotrófica f, ELA f Romanian: scleroză laterală amiotrofică f Russian: боковой амиотрофический склероз (bokovoj amiotrofičeskij skleroz) Sinhalese: පේෂීපෝෂණ පාර්ශ්වීය ජාරඨ්‍යය (pēṣīpōṣaṇa pārśwīya jāraṭhyaya) Spanish: esclerosis lateral amiotrófica f, ELA Swedish: amyotrofisk lateralskleros c Tamil: தசையூட்டமற்ற பக்க மரப்பு நோய் (tacaiyūṭṭamaṟṟa pakka marappu nōy) Thai: อะไมโอโทรฟิก แลเทอรัล สเกลอโรซิส Turkish: amyotrofik lateral skleroz (tr) Ukrainian: бічний аміотрофічний склероз (bičnyj amiotrofičnyj skleroz), БАС (BAS)

Further reading

• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia