multiple sclerosisnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌmʌl.tɪ.pəl skləˈrəʊ.sɪs/us/ˌmʌl.tə.pəl skləˈroʊ.sɪs/abbreviation MSa disease in which the covering of the nerves gradually becomes destroyed, damaging a person's speech and sight and ability to move
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Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
- acoustic neuroma
- akinetic-rigid HD
- ALS
- Alzheimer's
- amyloid plaque
- atrophy
- catalepsy
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- cramp
- Morton's metatarsalgia
- motor neuron disease
- Moyamoya disease
- multiple system atrophy
- muscular dystrophy
- myasthenia gravis
- persistent vegetative state
- rabid
- rabies
- spasm
- writer's cramp
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