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

noun

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; ALS; Lou Gehrig's disease

Medical term for the progressive neurodegenerative disease. Often abbreviated as ALS in both Japanese and English contexts.

• 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は、運うん動どうニューロンが徐じょ々じょに失うしなわれる難なん病びょうです。

  Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is an intractable disease in which motor neurons are gradually lost.