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Definition of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
1. Noun. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs.
Generic synonyms: Nervous Disorder, Neurological Disease, Neurological Disorder, Induration, Sclerosis
Definition of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
1. Noun. (pathology neurology) A chronic, progressive disease characterized by degeneration of the central nervous system and the loss of voluntary muscle control. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
1. A serious neurologic disease that results from the progressive degeneration of the motor neurons. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Literary usage of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1896)
"Hektoen ha? recently reported a case of this kind, a typical case of amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, with bulbar paralysis and a posterior sclerosis. ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1903)
"In two of these cases, both his own, there might have been some relationship
between the syphilitic infection and the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1903)
"The etiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis was very obscure. After a careful
examination of the entire literature lie had selected the records of 94 ..."
4. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Charcot's Disease) See Anterior Disease of the Cord.
5. Erb's Syphilitic Spinal Paralysis See Syphilis of the Cord (Chapter ..."
5. Lectures on the Diseases of the Nervous System: Delivered at La Salpêtrière by Jean Martin Charcot (1881)
"Differences which clinically separate amyotrophic lateral sclerosis from ...
Symptoms peculiar to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ..."
6. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Meschter Anders (1911)
"amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is distinguished by the fibrillary tremors in the
atrophied muscles, absence of sphincter involvement, and sensory symptoms. ..."
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