amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

noun

A chronic, progressive disease characterized by degeneration of the central nervous system and the loss of voluntary muscle control.

Similar
ALSLou Gehrig's diseasemotor neuron disease
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Meanings

nounamyotrophic lateral sclerosis (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA chronic, progressive disease characterized by degeneration of the central nervous system and the loss of voluntary muscle control.

    The “Euphoria” and “Grey’s Anatomy” actor announced on Thursday that he has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

    2025 April 10, Dan Heching, “Eric Dane shares that he has been diagnosed with ALS”, in CNN

    Synonyms: ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease, motor neuron disease

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA chronic, progressive disease characterized by degeneration of the central nervous system and the loss of voluntary muscle control.

Similar
ALSLou Gehrig's diseasemotor neuron disease

More synonyms by meaning

nounthickening 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

Similar
ALSLou Gehrig's disease
Broader
nervous disorderneurological disorderneurological diseasesclerosisinduration
Also see
lateral sclerosislou gehrig's disease

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans motorneuronsiektes, amiotrofiese laterale sklerose
  • motorneuronsiektesdisease
  • amiotrofiese laterale sklerosedisease
Arabic التَّصَلُّب الضُّمُورِي الْجَانِبِي
  • التَّصَلُّب الضُّمُورِي الْجَانِبِي (at-taṣallub aḍ-ḍumūrī l-jānibī)disease
Bulgarian амиотрофи́ческа латера́лна склеро́за
  • амиотрофи́ческа латера́лна склеро́за (amiotrofíčeska laterálna skleróza)disease
Catalan esclerosi lateral amiotròfica
  • esclerosi lateral amiotròficadisease
Chinese Mandarin 肌萎縮性脊髓側索硬化症 /肌萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化症, 肌萎縮側索硬化症 /肌萎缩侧索硬化症
  • 肌萎縮性脊髓側索硬化症 /肌萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化症 (jīwěisuōxìng jǐsuǐcèsuǒ yìnghuàzhèng)disease
  • 肌萎縮側索硬化症 /肌萎缩侧索硬化症disease
  • 盧·賈里格症 /卢·贾里格症 (Lú Jiǎlǐgézhèng)disease
  • 肌萎缩侧索硬化症 (jīwěisuō cèsuǒ yìnghuàzhèng)disease
  • 漸凍人症 /渐冻人症 (jiàndòngrénzhèng)disease
Danish amyotrofisk lateralsklerose
  • amyotrofisk lateralsklerosedisease
Dutch amyotrofische laterale sclerose
  • amyotrofische laterale sclerosedisease
Esperanto amiotrofa lateralsklerozo
  • amiotrofa lateralsklerozodisease
Finnish ALS-tauti
  • ALS-tautidisease
French maladie de Lou Gehrig, sclérose latérale amyotrophique
  • maladie de Lou Gehrigdisease
  • sclérose latérale amyotrophiquedisease
  • SLAdisease
  • maladie de Charcotdisease
German Amyotrophe Lateralsklerose
  • Amyotrophe Lateralsklerosedisease
Hungarian amiotrófiás laterálszklerózis
  • amiotrófiás laterálszklerózisdisease
Icelandic blönduð hreyfitaugahrörnun, hliðarstrengjavista
  • blönduð hreyfitaugahrörnundisease
  • hliðarstrengjavistadisease
  • Lou Gehrig-sjúkdómurdisease
Indonesian sklerosis lateral amiotrofik
  • sklerosis lateral amiotrofikdisease
Japanese 筋萎縮性側索硬化症
  • 筋萎縮性側索硬化症 (kin'ishukuseisokusekikōkashō)disease
Korean 근위축성 측색 경화증
  • 근위축성 측색 경화증 (geunwichukseong cheuksaek gyeonghwajeung)disease
Latin sclerosis lateralis amyotrophica
  • sclerosis lateralis amyotrophicadisease
Norwegian Bokmål amyotrofisk lateralsklerose
  • amyotrofisk lateralsklerosedisease
Persian اسکلروز جانبی آمیوتروفیک
  • اسکلروز جانبی آمیوتروفیکdisease
Polish stwardnienie zanikowe boczne
  • stwardnienie zanikowe bocznedisease
Portuguese esclerose lateral amiotrófica, ELA
  • esclerose lateral amiotróficadisease
  • ELAdisease
Romanian scleroză laterală amiotrofică
  • scleroză laterală amiotroficădisease
Russian боково́й амиотрофи́ческий склеро́з
  • боково́й амиотрофи́ческий склеро́з (bokovój amiotrofíčeskij skleróz)disease
Spanish esclerosis lateral amiotrófica, ELA
  • esclerosis lateral amiotróficadisease
  • ELAdisease
Swedish amyotrofisk lateralskleros
  • amyotrofisk lateralsklerosdisease
Tamil தசையூட்டமற்ற பக்க மரப்பு நோய்
  • தசையூட்டமற்ற பக்க மரப்பு நோய் (tacaiyūṭṭamaṟṟa pakka marappu nōy)disease
Thai อะไมโอโทรฟิก แลเทอรัล สเกลอโรซิส
  • อะไมโอโทรฟิก แลเทอรัล สเกลอโรซิสdisease
Turkish amyotrofik lateral skleroz
  • amyotrofik lateral sklerozdisease
Ukrainian бічний аміотрофічний склероз, БАС
  • бічний аміотрофічний склероз (bičnyj amiotrofičnyj skleroz)disease
  • БАС (BAS)disease
Cite this entry
APA

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amyotrophic%20lateral%20sclerosis

MLA

“amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amyotrophic%20lateral%20sclerosis. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amyotrophic%20lateral%20sclerosis.

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