disseminated sclerosis

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disseminated sclerosis - a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers disseminated multiple sclerosis, MS, multiple sclerosis 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