spinal muscular atrophy

English

Noun

spinal muscular atrophy (countable and uncountable, plural spinal muscular atrophies)

1. A neuromuscular disorder that results in the loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting.

Synonyms

• SMA (abbreviation)

Hyponyms

• spinal muscular atrophy, type 0 (“SMA0”)
• spinal muscular atrophy, type 1 (“SMA1”)
• spinal muscular atrophy, type 2 (“SMA2”)
• spinal muscular atrophy, type 3 (“SMA3”)
• spinal muscular atrophy, type 4 (“SMA4”)

Derived terms

• SMA (“abbreviation”)
• spinal muscular atrophies (“SMAs”)
• spinal muscular atrophy, type 0 (“SMA0”)
• spinal muscular atrophy, type 1 (“SMA1”)
• spinal muscular atrophy, type 2 (“SMA2”)
• spinal muscular atrophy, type 3 (“SMA3”)
• spinal muscular atrophy, type 4 (“SMA4”)

Related terms

• spinal muscular atrophies (SMAs)