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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is a progressive neurodegenerative disease. A-myo-trophic comes from the Greek language. “A” means no, “Myo” means muscle, and “Trophic” means nourishment – “No muscle nourishment.”
The disease causes breakdown of nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. When a muscle loses nourishment, it “atrophies” or wastes away.
“Lateral” identifies the area of a person’s spinal cord where portions of the nerve cells are located. As the area degenerates, it leads to scarring or hardening (“sclerosis”).
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