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sclerosis vs ALS

ALS vs sclerosis

sclerosis and ALS both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sclerosis Yes No No No
ALS Yes No No No
As nouns, ALS is a hyponym of sclerosis; that is, ALS is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sclerosis:
  • sclerosis: any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue
  • ALS: thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
Other hyponyms of sclerosis include disseminated multiple sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, MS, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease, arteriolosclerosis, arterial sclerosis, arteriosclerosis, coronary-artery disease, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries, osteosclerosis.
sclerosis (noun) ALS (noun)
any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
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