DISSEMINATED SCLEROSIS
\dɪsˈɛmɪnˌe͡ɪtɪd skləɹˈə͡ʊsɪs], \dɪsˈɛmɪnˌeɪtɪd skləɹˈəʊsɪs], \d_ɪ_s_ˈɛ_m_ɪ_n_ˌeɪ_t_ɪ_d s_k_l_ə_ɹ_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ_s]\
Definitions of DISSEMINATED SCLEROSIS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An autoimmune disorder mainly affecting young adults and characterized by destruction of myelin in the central nervous system. Pathologic findings include multiple sharply demarcated areas of demyelination throughout the white matter of the central nervous system. Clinical manifestations include visual loss, extra-ocular movement disorders, paresthesias, loss of sensation, weakness, dysarthria, spasticity, ataxia, and bladder dysfunction. The usual pattern is one of recurrent attacks followed by partial recovery (see MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-RE;MITTING), but acute fulminating and chronic progressive forms (see MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE) also occur. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p903)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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