demyelinating diseasenoun [ U ]
uk/diːˈmaɪ.ə.lɪ.neɪt.ɪŋ dɪˌziːz/us/diːˈmaɪ.ə.lɪˌneɪ.t̬ɪŋ dɪˌziːz/specializeda disease that damages myelin (= a white fatty substance that covers some nerves):
Multiple sclerosis is the most common demyelinating disease.
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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
- motor neuron disease
- Moyamoya disease
- multiple system atrophy
- muscular dystrophy
- myasthenia gravis
- myelin damage
- persistent vegetative state
- rabid
- rabies
- vapour
- writer's cramp
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