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spinal muscular atrophies

spinal muscular atrophies noun: a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by the degeneration of lower motor neurons and atrophy of muscle groups. Also the plural of spinal muscular atrophy.

Noun

spinal muscular atrophies pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by the degeneration of lower motor neurons and atrophy of muscle groups
    Synonyms:
    SMAs

Also used as

spinal muscular atrophies is also the plural of spinal muscular atrophy.

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Questions about spinal muscular atrophies

What does spinal muscular atrophies mean?
Spinal muscular atrophies means a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by the degeneration of lower motor neurons and atrophy of muscle groups.
What part of speech is spinal muscular atrophies?
Spinal muscular atrophies is a noun.

Words near spinal muscular atrophies in the dictionary

  1. spinal ganglia
  2. spinal ganglion
  3. spinal ganglions
  4. spinal marrow
  5. spinal marrows
  6. spinal muscular atrophies
  7. spinal muscular atrophy
  8. spinal nerve
  9. spinal nerves
  10. spinal tap
  11. Spinal Tap-ian

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