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Noun: multiple sclerosis  'múl-tu-pul skli'row-sis
  1. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
    - MS, disseminated sclerosis, disseminated multiple sclerosis

Type of: autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder, degenerative disorder, induration, sclerosis

Encyclopedia: Multiple sclerosis