multiple system atrophynoun [ U ]
uk/ˌmʌl.tɪ.pəl ˌsɪs.təm ˈæt.rə.fi/us/ˈmʌltə.pəl ˌsɪs.təm ˈæt.rə.fi/specializeda disease that affects the brain cells controling important functions such as balance and and becomes gradually worse over time:
There is no cure for multiple system atrophy; the aim of treatment is to control symptoms.
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Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
- acoustic neuroma
- agnosia
- akinetic-rigid HD
- ALS
- Alzheimer's
- amyloid plaque
- atrophy
- catalepsy
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- Morton's metatarsalgia
- motor neuron disease
- Moyamoya disease
- muscular dystrophy
- myasthenia gravis
- myelin damage
- persistent vegetative state
- rabid
- rabies
- vapour
- writer's cramp
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