spinal muscular atrophy
English
Noun
spinal muscular atrophy (plural spinal muscular atrophies)
- a neuromuscular disorder that result in the loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting
Synonyms
- SMA (abbreviation)
Hypernyms
- spinal muscular atrophies (SMAs)
Hyponyms
- spinal muscular atrophy, type 0 (SMA0)
- spinal muscular atrophy, type 1 (SMA1)
- spinal muscular atrophy, type 2 (SMA2)
- spinal muscular atrophy, type 3 (SMA3)
- spinal muscular atrophy, type 4 (SMA4)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- SMA (abbreviation)
- spinal muscular atrophies (SMAs)
- spinal muscular atrophy, type 0 (SMA0)
- spinal muscular atrophy, type 1 (SMA1)
- spinal muscular atrophy, type 2 (SMA2)
- spinal muscular atrophy, type 3 (SMA3)
- spinal muscular atrophy, type 4 (SMA4)