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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (uncountable )
( neurology , pathology ) A chronic , progressive disease characterized by degeneration of the central nervous system and the loss of voluntary muscle control .
Synonyms: ALS ( initialism ) , Lou Gehrig's disease ( US ) , motor neuron disease
2025 April 10, Dan Heching, “Eric Dane shares that he has been diagnosed with ALS”, in CNN [1] :The “Euphoria” and “Grey’s Anatomy” actor announced on Thursday that he has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
disease
Afrikaans: motorneuronsiektes , amiotrofiese laterale sklerose
Arabic: التَّصَلُّب الضُّمُورِي الْجَانِبِي m ( at-taṣallub aḍ-ḍumūrī l-jānibī )
Azerbaijani: yan amiotrofik skleroz
Bulgarian: амиотрофи́ческа латера́лна склеро́за f ( amiotrofíčeska laterálna skleróza )
Catalan: esclerosi lateral amiotròfica (ca) 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 (fi)
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 ( āmāyoṭrophik lāṭerāla sklerosis )
Persian: اسکلروز جانبی آمیوتروفیک
Polish: stwardnienie zanikowe boczne n
Portuguese: esclerose lateral amiotrófica f , ELA f
Romanian: scleroză laterală amiotrofică f
Russian: боково́й амиотрофи́ческий склеро́з ( bokovój amiotrofíčeskij skleróz )
Sinhalese: පේෂීපෝෂණ පාර්ශ්වීය ජාරඨ්යය ( pēṣīpōṣaṇa pārśwīya jāraṭhyaya )
Spanish: esclerosis lateral amiotrófica (es) f , ELA (es)
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 )