noun Etymology: 2a- + my- + -trophic Date: 1886 a rare progressive degenerative fatal disease affecting the motor neurons, usually beginning in middle age, and characterized especially by increasing and spreading muscular weakness and atrophy
AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
Meaning of AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012