Lou Gehrig's disease

Lou Geh·rig's disease  (l grgz)

n.

See amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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[After Henry Louis ("Lou") Gehrig.]

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Lou Gehrig's disease [luː ˈgɛrɪg]

n

(Medicine / Pathology) another name for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

[named after Lou Gehrig (1903-41), US baseball player who suffered from it]

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Lou Gehrig's disease  (l grgz)

See amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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Noun

1.

Lou Gehrig's disease - 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 ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder - a disorder of the nervous system induration, sclerosis - any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue