Medical Dictionary
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
noun
Medical Definition of AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
: a rare fatal progressive degenerative disease that affects pyramidal motor neurons, usually begins in middle age, and is characterized especially by increasing and spreading muscular weakness—abbreviation ALS; called also Lou Gehrig's disease
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