disseminated sclerosis
Noun
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A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers (synset 114117550)
is a type of:
- degenerative disorder - condition leading to progressive loss of function
- induration, sclerosis - any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue
- autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder - any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues
has: demyelination - loss of the myelin covering of some nerve fibers resulting in their impaired function
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