Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun multiple_sclerosis

1 sense of multiple sclerosis

Sense 1
multiple sclerosis, MS, disseminated sclerosis, disseminated multiple sclerosis -- (a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers)
       => sclerosis, induration -- (any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue)
       => degenerative disorder -- (condition leading to progressive loss of function)
       => autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder -- (any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues)