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multiple sclerosis

n. Abbr. MS

A chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system in which gradual destruction of myelin occurs in patches throughout the brain or spinal cord or both, interfering with the nerve pathways and causing muscular weakness, loss of coordination, and speech and visual disturbances.

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multiple sclerosis

n

(Medicine / Pathology) a chronic progressive disease of the central nervous system characterized by loss of some of the myelin sheath surrounding certain nerve fibres and resulting in speech and visual disorders, tremor, muscular incoordination, partial paralysis, etc. Also called disseminated sclerosis

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multiple sclerosis  (skl-rss)

A chronic degenerative disease of the central nervous system in which gradual destruction of myelin occurs in the brain or spinal cord or both, interfering with the nerve pathways and causing muscular weakness, loss of coordination, and speech and visual disturbances. It occurs chiefly in young adults and is thought to be caused by a defect in the immune system that may be of genetic or viral origin.

Thesaurus

Noun

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multiple sclerosis - a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers disseminated multiple sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, MS degenerative disorder - condition leading to progressive loss of function demyelination - loss of the myelin covering of some nerve fibers resulting in their impaired function induration, sclerosis - any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder - any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues

Translations

multiple sclerosis n → sclerosi f a placche

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multiple sclerosis → تَلَيُّف عصبي متعدد roztroušená skleróza dissemineret sklerose Multiple Sklerose σκλήρυνση κατά πλάκας esclerosis múltiple multippeli skleroosi sclérose en plaques multipla skleroza sclerosi multipla 多発性硬化症 다발성 경화증 multiple sclerose multippel sklerose stwardnienie rozsiane esclerose múltipla рассеянный склероз multipel skleros โรคเลือดคั่งในสมอง multipl skleroz bệnh đa xơ cứng 多发性硬化