| 单词 | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| 释义 | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in British English (ˌæmɪəʊˈtrəʊfɪk) noun a form of motor neurone disease in which degeneration of motor tracts in the spinal cord causes progressive muscular paralysis starting in the limbs Also called: Lou Gehrig's diseaseamyotrophic lateral sclerosis in American English (ˌeɪˌmaɪoʊˈtrɑfɪk; ˌeɪˌmaɪoʊˈtroʊfɪk) a degenerative disease of the nerve cells that control muscular movement; Lou Gehrig's disease Word origin < ModL amyotrophia, muscular atrophy < Gr a-, not + myos (see myo-) + -trophia, -trophy + -icExamples of 'amyotrophic lateral sclerosis' in a sentence |
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