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”)
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