motor neuron disease

English

Alternative forms

• motor neurone disease

Noun

motor neuron disease (uncountable)

1. (neurology, pathology) Any of several neurodegenerative disorders that selectively affect motor neurons.

   Hypernym: neuron disease

   Hyponym: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Synonyms

• MND

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

• lateral sclerosis

Translations

neurodegenerative disorder

• Arabic: مَرَضُ الْعَصْبُونِ الْحُرَكِي m (maraḍu l-ʕaṣbūni l-ḥurakī)
• Finnish: motoneuronitauti
• German: Motoneuron-Krankheit f
• Maori: mate whakamanauhea ua)
• Swedish: motorneuronsjukdom c

References

• motor neuron disease on Wikipedia.Wikipedia