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ALS   /ælz/   Listen
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noun
1.
Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs.  Synonyms: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease.






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... das Heil der Theologie durch Unterscheidung der Offenbarung und Religion als Mittel ...
— History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology • John F. Hurst

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— Georges Guynemer - Knight of the Air • Henry Bordeaux

... das Vaterland, Suesser als der Brautgruss, als das Lallen Auf dem Mutterschooss des ersten Kindes, Sei ...
— Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia • L. Muhlbach

... for a time. "So far as I can judge, Smallways," he said, "the Prince will probably want to throw you overboard—next time he thinks of you. He certainly will if he sees you.... After all, you know, you came als Ballast.... And we shall have to lighten ship extensively pretty soon. Unless I'm mistaken, the Prince will wake up presently and start doing things with tremendous vigour.... I've taken a fancy to you. It's the English strain in me. You're a rum little chap. I shan't like ...
— The War in the Air • Herbert George Wells

... of Calhoun Street, which was then Boundry Street, to the Battery was the city limit an' from the North-West of Boundry Street for sev'als miles was nothin' but fa'm land. All my brothers was fa'm han's for our master, George W. Jones. I did all the house work 'til the war w'en I was given to Mr. Wm. Jones's son, Wm. H. Jones as his ...
— Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 2 • Works Projects Administration


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