noun
a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
• Syn: ↑multiple sclerosis, ↑MS, ↑disseminated sclerosis
• Hypernyms: ↑sclerosis, ↑induration, ↑degenerative disorder, ↑autoimmune disease, ↑autoimmune disorder
• Part Meronyms: ↑demyelination
Useful english dictionary. 2012.