multiple sclerosis

English

Etymology

Ellipsis of multiple cerebral sclerosis, i.e. appearance of hardenings or nodules dispersed throughout parts of the central nervous system, in the brain or spinal cord. Confusingly, at some point during the 20th century most sources started dropping cerebral from the expression, even though sclerosis can occur in the other tissues of the body, in unrelated pathologies.

Noun

multiple sclerosis (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A chronic non-contagious disease of the brain and spinal cord characterized by changes in sensation, visual problems, weakness, depression, difficulties with coordination and speech, impaired mobility and disability.

   Synonym: (initialism) MS

Translations

chronic disease of the brain and spinal cord

• Catalan: esclerosi múltiple f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多發性硬化症 / 多发性硬化症 (zh) (duōfāxìng yìnghuàzhèng)

• Czech: roztroušená skleróza (cs) f
• Dutch: multiple sclerose (nl) f
• Esperanto: multloka sklerozo
• Finnish: MS-tauti (fi), multippeliskleroosi (fi), pesäkekovettumatauti (fi)
• French: sclérose en plaques (fr) f
• Georgian: გაფანტული სკლეროზი (gapanṭuli sḳlerozi)
• Hungarian: sclerosis multiplex (hu)
• Icelandic: mýlisskaði m, heila- og mænusigg n
• Japanese: 多発性硬化症 (たはつせいこうかしょう, tahatsuseikōkashō)
• Kazakh: шашыраңқы склероз (şaşyrañqy skleroz)
• Korean: 다발성 경화증(多發性硬化症) (dabalseong gyeonghwajeung)
• Malay: (mate) roro tapepe
• Persian: گرفتگی بافت‌های گوناگون
• Polish: stwardnienie rozsiane (pl) n
• Portuguese: esclerose múltipla f
• Romanian: scleroză multiplă f
• Russian: рассе́янный склеро́з m (rasséjannyj skleróz)
• Spanish: esclerosis múltiple (es) f
• Swedish: multipel skleros (sv) c
• Tamil: தண்டுவட மரப்பு நோய் (taṇṭuvaṭa marappu nōy)
• Vietnamese: đa xơ cứng