multiple sclerosis

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ˌmultiple scleˈrosis noun [uncountable] medical MI (abbreviation MS) a serious illness that gradually destroys your nerves, making you weak and unable to walk 多发性硬化（症）

Examples from the Corpus

multiple sclerosis• This final aching agony had auburn hair, grey eyes, multiple sclerosis and a sick dislike of crying babies.• High flyer: Daredevil Elaine Mitchell is planning a high flying stunt to raise money for multiple sclerosis research.• The woman suffered from multiple sclerosis, Fieger said.• John hopes that his mammoth walking achievement will raise £100 000 for research into multiple sclerosis.• The same is true of the plaques of multiple sclerosis.• Posterior fossa neoplasms or multiple sclerosis may rarely cause vertigo or hearing loss.• But then du Pre was stricken with multiple sclerosis and the fairytale quickly unravelled.• Two women with multiple sclerosis, including a 51-year-old Oceanside resident, were found dead in Detroit-area hotels yesterday.

ˌmultiple scleˈrosis nounChineseSyllable

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multiple sclerosis
ˌmultiple scleˈrosis

noun [uncountable] medical
(abbreviation MS) a serious illness that gradually destroys your nerves, making you weak and unable to walk

multiple sclerosis

BrE

/ˌmʌltɪpl skləˈrəʊsɪs/

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NAmE

/ˌmʌltɪpl skləˈroʊsɪs/

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noun

[uncountable]

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a disease of the nervous system that gets worse over a period of time with loss of feeling and loss of control of movement and speech 多发性硬化