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ＡＬＳ (エー・エル・エス) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ＡＬＳ

also: エーエルエス

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Meanings

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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; ALS

Medical term for a progressive neurodegenerative disease. Used in clinical and patient contexts.

ＡＬＳは筋きん萎い縮しゅく性せい側そく索さく硬こう化か症しょうの略りゃく称しょうです。
ALS is the abbreviation for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Related words

筋きん萎い縮しゅく性せい側そく索さく硬こう化か症しょう
Full Japanese medical term for ALS; ＡＬＳ is the common abbreviation.

Etymology

Abbreviation of the English medical term 'amyotrophic lateral sclerosis', adopted directly into Japanese.

彼かれはＡＬＳの治ち療りょう法ほうを研けん究きゅうしている。

He is researching treatments for ALS.