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abbreviation Pathology.

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Other definitions for ALS (2 of 2)

a.l.s.

abbreviation

autograph letter, signed.

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How to use ALS in a sentence

It was dedicated to your second wife, Laura Ernst, who died from ALS.
The Renegade: Robert Downey Sr. on His Classic Films, Son’s Battle with Drugs, and Bill Cosby|Marlow Stern|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hawking was diagnosed with ALS at the age of 21, and given just two years to live.
Eddie Redmayne’s Time Has Come: On His Heartrending Turn as Stephen Hawking and Benedict Bromance|Marlow Stern|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
ALS is a very specific disease, and how it manifests itself in each individual is very unique.
Eddie Redmayne’s Time Has Come: On His Heartrending Turn as Stephen Hawking and Benedict Bromance|Marlow Stern|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For a moment of levity, Leo was challenged by David Beckham to do the ALS ice water bucket challenge.
Our Trip to The Climate War's Ground Zero|Darren Aronofsky|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Viewers leave with a grin, but are no wiser about the frightening symptoms of ALS.
#IceBucketChallenge Wisdom From 'Jackass' Steve-O|Kevin Zawacki|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Reichel recognises that the poet's description in Book X. is excellent, "ebenso klar als eingehend."
Homer and His Age|Andrew Lang
Un' see fallen auf dieselbe Wrter vun Machser, ws jede jdische Frau varstht see andersch als die andere.
The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century|Leo Wiener
Es kucken auf ihr viel ugen un' wundern sich: Ws is' heunt mit ihr der Mhr mehr als alle Jhr?
The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century|Leo Wiener
Als die sonder zweifel die welsche bibel 'El principe Macchiavelli' auch studirt.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
Als mony cifers schuld go before at other, & he were write of cifers.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for ALS

ALS

abbreviation for

autograph letter signed

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for ALS

ALS

abbr.

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

antilymphocyte serum