motor neuron disease
English
Alternative forms
Noun
motor neuron disease (uncountable)
- (neurology, pathology) Any of several neurodegenerative disorders that selectively affect motor neurons.
- Hypernym: neuron disease
- Hyponym: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Abbreviations
Hyponyms
- ALS
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- hereditary spastic paraplegia
- Lou Gehrig's disease
- Madras motor neuron disease
- primary lateral sclerosis
- progressive bulbar palsy
- progressive muscular atrophy
- pseudobulbar palsy
Coordinate terms
Translations
neurodegenerative disorder
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