amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Noun amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has 1 sense

• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(n = noun.state) als, lou gehrig's disease - thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs;
is a kind of nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder, induration, sclerosis