multiple sclerosis

1. 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
   same as: disseminated multiple sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, ms

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