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Lou Gehrig's disease
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Lou Gehrig's Disease
English
Alternative forms
en Lou Gehrig's abbreviation
en Lou Gehrig's Disease
Etymology
en New York Yankees baseball player Lou Gehrig = 1903 1941, a prominent sufferer of the disease. The disease was known before Gehrig suffered it, but his fame led to his name being associated with it.
Noun
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en disease US en amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
en Dan Heching Eric Dane shares that he has been diagnosed with ALS w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/entertainment/eric-dane-als-diagnosis-wellness 2025-04-10 The “Euphoria” and “Grey’s Anatomy” actor announced on Thursday that he has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. https://web.archive.org/web/20260220025001/https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/entertainment/eric-dane-als-diagnosis-wellness 20 February 2026
Hypernyms
en motor neuron disease
Translations
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis