Lou Gehrig's disease
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- noun
- /luː ˈɡɛrɪɡz dɪˈziːz/
- Specialized
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enfermedad de Lou Gehrig
- A few months ago, Woody was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease.
- Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS)
- Lou Gehrig's disease (sclerosis)
- commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease
And the question is, and it also may happen in ALS, sometimes referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease and mitrophic lateral sclerosis.
- And the question is, and it also may happen in ALS, sometimes referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease and mitrophic lateral sclerosis.
- There's a case study that just came out on ALS, amyotropic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's disease.
Examples
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For example, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has preliminary evidence that Gulf War veterans are nearly twice as likely as their nondeployed counterparts to develop Lou Gehrig's disease.
Academic text (2003) -
In Britain, ALS is called motor neuron disease; in the United States, it is commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Academic text (1991) -
These symptoms are similar to ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease.
Blog text (11) -
I'm here to join the people bringing attention to Lou Gehrig's disease by taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
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One thinks of Stephen Hawking, the famous physicist confined to a wheelchair because of Lou Gehrig's disease.
Academic text (2000) -
Then he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease.
Blog text (6) -
In December of 2001, the VA decided to compensate veterans who served in the Gulf from August 2, 1990, through July 31, 1991, and now suffer from Lou Gehrig's disease.
Academic text (2003) -
Debra Hertz of Northampton said Death With Dignity could have brought a great deal of relief to her husband, who died at age 60 from Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) in May.
Blog text (10) -
The story follows Bec, a college student who becomes a caregiver for a married woman with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, often called Lou Gehrig's disease).
Academic text (2009) -
The first question is, how did you first notice you had Lou Gehrig's disease?
Synonyms
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5.6
A serious disease that slowly damages the nerves in the brain and spine and makes the muscles weak and smaller
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A disease that slowly destroys nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control muscles
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A long-term medical condition in which parts of the body or how they work slowly get worse
Surface Forms
Morphology
Lou + Gehrig's + disease
This is an eponymic name: the constituent 'disease' clearly signals an illness, but 'Lou' and 'Gehrig's' are proper names that do not convey the clinical features (progressive motor neuron degeneration/ALS). A B1 learner who knows the words would understand it refers to some illness associated with a person but would not be able to derive the specific medical meaning without prior cultural or medical knowledge.
Etymology
Lou Gehrig's disease is named after the famous baseball player Lou Gehrig, who was told he had the illness and had to stop playing, and whose case made the disease well known. That's why people use Lou Gehrig's disease to mean 'ALS', a condition that slowly makes the muscles weak.