"ALS" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ALSs [plural], ALSes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|es}} ALS (countable and uncountable, plural ALSs or ALSes)
  1. (pathology, uncountable) Initialism of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Categories (topical): Diseases Hypernyms: MND (english: motor neuron disease) Coordinate_terms: ILS (english: Instrument Landing System), MLS (english: Microwave Landing System), OLS (english: Optical Landing System), PAPI (english: Precision Approach Path Indicator) Translations (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis): ELA [feminine] (Catalan), SLA [feminine] (French), ELA [feminine] (Galician), ALS [feminine] (German), SLA [feminine] (Italian), ELA [feminine] (Portuguese), ELA [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ALS-en-noun-p6C0E196 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 16 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 15 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 12 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 70 14 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 70 14 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 70 14 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 76 10 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 74 11 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 71 11 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 74 12 14 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'amyotrophic lateral sclerosis': 95 2 3
  2. (aviation, countable) Initialism of approach lighting system. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: approach lighting system Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-ALS-en-noun-WxrhpCMd Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (electronics, countable) Initialism of ambient light sensor. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: ambient light sensor Categories (topical): Electronics

Inflected forms

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