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Lou Gehrig's disease


Definition of Lou Gehrig's disease

noun

[mass noun]
  • a form of motor neurone disease; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Origin:

1940s: named after H. L. Gehrig (see Gehrig, Lou)

Lou Gehrig's disease in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Lou Gehrig's disease in the US English dictionary