Dr. Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis while at Oxford.
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Sclerosis
//skləˈɹəʊsɪs//
Synonyms for "sclerosis" (170 found)
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cardiac thrombosiscarditiscase hardeningchillchillscolicconcretioncongenital heart diseaseconstipationconvulsioncor bilocularecor juvenumcor triatriatumcornificationcoronarycoronary insufficiencycoronary thrombosiscoughingcrystallizationcyanosis
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diarrheadiastolic hypertensiondizzinessdropsydysenterydyspepsiadyspneaedemaemaciationencased heartendocarditisextrasystolefaintingfatiguefatty heartfeverfibrillationfibroid heartfirmingflask-shaped heartfluxfossilizationfrosted heartgranulationgrowthhairy hearthardeninghardening of the arteriesheart
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heart attackheart blockheart conditionheart diseaseheart failurehemorrhagehigh blood pressurehornificationhydropshypertensionhypertensive heart diseasehypotensionicterusindigestionindurationinflammationinsomniaischemic heart diseaseitchingjaundice
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labored breathinglapidificationlithificationlow 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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41 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَصَلُّب noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Armenian
1 entries- կարծրախտ noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Bulgarian
1 entries- склероза noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Catalan
1 entries- esclerosi noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 硬化症 noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Czech
2 entries- kornatění noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
- skleróza noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Danish
2 entries- sclerose noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
- sklerose noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Dutch
1 entries- sclerose noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Estonian
2 entries- kõvastus noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
- skleroos noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Finnish
1 entries- kovettuminen noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
French
1 entries- sclérose noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Galician
1 entries- esclerose noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Georgian
1 entries- სკლეროზი noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
German
1 entries- Sklerose noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Hungarian
2 entries- elmeszesedés noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
- szklerózis noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Icelandic
2 entries- hersli noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
- sigg noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Italian
1 entries- sclerosi noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Korean
2 entries- 경화 noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
- 경화증 noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Latin
1 entries- sclērōsis noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Latvian
1 entries- skleroze noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sklerozė noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Skleros noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sklerose noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sklerose noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Occitan
1 entries- escleròsi noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Polish
2 entries- skleroza noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
- stwardnienie noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Portuguese
1 entries- esclerose noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Romanian
1 entries- scleroză noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Russian
1 entries- склеро́з noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Slovak
2 entries- skleróza noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
- skostnatenie noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Spanish
1 entries- esclerosis noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Swedish
1 entries- skleros noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Turkish
1 entries- skleroz noun (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
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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