spinal muscular atrophy
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
spinal muscular atrophy (countable and uncountable, plural spinal muscular atrophies)
- A neuromuscular disorder that results in the loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting.
Synonyms[edit]
- SMA (abbreviation)
Hyponyms[edit]
- spinal muscular atrophy, type 0 (SMA0)
- spinal muscular atrophy, type 1 (SMA1)
- spinal muscular atrophy, type 2 (SMA2)
- spinal muscular atrophy, type 3 (SMA3)
- spinal muscular atrophy, type 4 (SMA4)
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- SMA (abbreviation)
- spinal muscular atrophies (SMAs)
- spinal muscular atrophy, type 0 (SMA0)
- spinal muscular atrophy, type 1 (SMA1)
- spinal muscular atrophy, type 2 (SMA2)
- spinal muscular atrophy, type 3 (SMA3)
- spinal muscular atrophy, type 4 (SMA4)
Related terms[edit]
- spinal muscular atrophies (SMAs)