amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

English

Noun

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (uncountable)

1. (neurology, pathology) A chronic, progressive disease characterized by degeneration of the central nervous system and the loss of voluntary muscle control.

   Synonyms: ALS, (US) Lou Gehrig's disease, motor neuron disease

Hypernyms

Hypernyms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

• lateral sclerosis
• motor neurone disease

 

Translations

disease

• Afrikaans: motorneuronsiektes, amiotrofiese laterale sklerose
• Arabic: التَّصَلُّب الضُّمُورِي الْجَانِبِي m (at-taṣallub aḍ-ḍumūrī l-jānibī)
• Azerbaijani: yan amiotrofik skleroz
• Catalan: esclerosi lateral amiotròfica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 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), 肌萎縮側索硬化症／肌萎缩侧索硬化症, 盧·賈里格症／卢·贾里格症 (Lú Jiǎlǐgézhèng), 肌萎缩侧索硬化症 (jīwěisuō cèsuǒ yìnghuàzhèng), 漸凍人症／渐冻人症 (zh) (jiàndòngrénzhèng) (colloquial)

• Danish: amyotrofisk lateralsklerose c
• Dutch: amyotrofische laterale sclerose f
• Esperanto: amiotrofa lateralsklerozo
• Finnish: ALS-tauti
• French: maladie de Lou Gehrig, sclérose latérale amyotrophique (fr), SLA (fr), maladie de Charcot (fr) f
• Georgian: ამიოტროფული გვერდითი სკლეროზი (amioṭropuli gverditi sḳlerozi)
• German: Amyotrophe Lateralsklerose f
• Hungarian: amiotrófiás laterálszklerózis
• Icelandic: blönduð hreyfitaugahrörnun f, hliðarstrengjavista f, Lou Gehrig-sjúkdómur m
• Indonesian: sklerosis lateral amiotrofik
• Japanese: 筋萎縮性側索硬化症 (ja) (きんいしゅくせいそくさくこうかしょう, kin'ishukuseisokusekikōkashō)
• Korean: 근위축성 측색 경화증(筋萎縮性側索硬化症) (geunwichukseong cheuksaek gyeonghwajeung)
• Latin: sclerosis lateralis amyotrophica f
• Malayalam: അമിട്രോഫിക് ലാറ്ററൽ സ്‌ക്ലീറോസിസ് (amiṭrōphikŭ lāṟṟaṟal s‌klīṟōsisŭ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: amyotrofisk lateralsklerose m

• Odia: ଆମାୟୋଟ୍ରୋଫିକ୍ ଲାଟେରାଲ ସ୍କ୍ଲେରୋସିସ୍ (amayoṭrophik laṭeralô sklerosis)
• Persian: اسکلروز جانبی آمیوتروفیک
• Polish: stwardnienie zanikowe boczne n
• Portuguese: esclerose lateral amiotrófica f, ELA f
• Romanian: scleroză laterală amiotrofică f
• Russian: боковой амиотрофический склероз (bokovoj amiotrofičeskij skleroz)
• Sinhalese: පේෂීපෝෂණ පාර්ශ්වීය ජාරඨ්‍යය (pēṣīpōṣaṇa pārśwīya jāraṭhyaya)
• Spanish: esclerosis lateral amiotrófica f, ELA
• Swedish: amyotrofisk lateralskleros c
• Tamil: தசையூட்டமற்ற பக்க மரப்பு நோய் (tacaiyūṭṭamaṟṟa pakka marappu nōy)
• Thai: อะไมโอโทรฟิก แลเทอรัล สเกลอโรซิส
• Turkish: amyotrofik lateral skleroz (tr)
• Ukrainian: бічний аміотрофічний склероз (bičnyj amiotrofičnyj skleroz), БАС (uk) (BAS)

Further reading

• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia