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ALS

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1. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

2. autograph letters, signed

ALS

abbreviation for

autograph letter signed

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ALS - 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

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease

nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder - a disorder of the nervous system

induration, sclerosis - any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue

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It is said to have been drawn, several years before the present anti-slavery agitation began, by a north- ern Methodist preacher, who, while residing at the south, had an opportunity to see slaveholding mor- als, manners, and piety, with his own eyes.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context

Conceive of the ingenious devilishness of that queen: she had a special hatred for this prisoner, and she had INVENTED all those funer- als herself, to scorch his heart with; and the sublimest stroke of genius of the whole thing was leaving the family-invoice a funeral SHORT, so as to let him wear his poor old soul out guessing.

A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context

This is a crisp and noble word, but it fails to pierce the marrow of the impulse which has gathered this friendly meeting and produced diese Anblick--eine Anblich welche ist gut zu sehen--gut fu"r die Augen in a foreign land and a far country--eine Anblick solche als in die gew:ohnliche Heidelberger phrase nennt man ein "scho"nes Aussicht

A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

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