Dr. Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis while at Oxford.
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Sclerosis
/skləˈɹəʊsɪs/
Synonyms for "sclerosis" (174 found)
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abscessagueanemiaanginaangina pectorisankylosisanoxiaaortic insufficiencyaortic stenosisapneaapoplectic strokeapoplexyarrhythmiaarteriosclerosisasphyxiationasthmaataxiaatherosclerosisatrial fibrillationatrophy
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auricular fibrillationbackacheberiberi heartbleedingblennorheacachexiacachexycalcificationcallusingcardiac arrestcardiac insufficiencycardiac shockcardiac stenosiscardiac thrombosiscarditis
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case hardeningchillchillscolicconcretioncongenital heart diseaseconstipationconvulsioncor bilocularecor juvenumcor triatriatumcornificationcoronarycoronary insufficiencycoronary thrombosiscoughingcrystallizationcyanosisdiarrheadiastolic hypertension
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dizzinessdropsydysenterydyspepsiadyspneaedemaemaciationencased heartendocarditisextrasystolefaintingfatiguefatty heartfeverfibrillationfibroid heartfirmingflask-shaped heartfluxfossilizationfrosted heartgranulationgrowthhairy hearthardeninghardening of the arteriesheartheart attackheart blockheart condition
Noun(2 words)
hardeninghardening disease
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heart diseaseheart failurehemorrhagehigh blood pressurehornificationhydropshypertensionhypertensive heart diseasehypotensionicterusindigestionindurationinflammationinsomniaischemic heart diseaseitchingjaundicelabored breathinglapidificationlithification
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low blood pressurelumbagomarasmusmitral insufficiencymitral stenosismyocardial infarctionmyocardial insufficiencymyocarditismyovascular insufficiencynasal dischargenauseanecrosisossificationox heartpainpalpitationparalysisparalytic strokeparoxysmal tachycardiapericarditispetrifactionpetrificationpilepremature beatprurituspseudoaortic insufficiencypulmonary insufficiencypulmonary stenosisrashrheumrheumatic heart diseaseround heartseizuresettingshockskin eruptionsneezingsolidificationsorespasmsteelingstiffeningstony heartstroketabestachycardiatemperingthrombosistougheningtricuspid insufficiencytricuspid stenosistumorturtle heartupset stomachvaricose veinsvarixventricular fibrillationvertigovitrifactionvitrificationvomitingwasting
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The goal of the Ice Bucket Challenge was to raise awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
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Tom suffers from multiple sclerosis.
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Tom has multiple sclerosis.
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