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Lou Gehrig's disease

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Lou Geh·rig's disease  (l grgz)
n.
See amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
[After Henry Louis ("Lou") Gehrig.]
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]
Lou Gehrig's disease  (l grgz)
See amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Noun1.Lou Gehrig's disease - thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cordLou 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
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Lou Gehrig's disease damages nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord, which affects the use of muscles needed to move, walk, eat and breathe.
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US officials Thursday publicly apologized to some 600 veterans who were mistakenly told by letter that they had been diagnosed with the incurable neurodegenerative disorder, Lou Gehrig's disease.
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US officials Thursday publicly apologized to some 600 veterans who were mistakenly told by letter that they had been diagnosed with the incurable neurodegenerative disorder, Lou Gehrig's disease.
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