motor neurone disease

noun

1. a progressively degenerative disease of the motor system causing muscle weakness and wasting

Example Sentences

During the summer, the charity unveiled a melting ice sculpture in Parliament Square, London, of a person with motor neurone disease to symbolise the condition.

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The family of a 14-year-old boy with motor neurone disease say they are "desperate" to get him home from hospital but are unable to as their home is not suitable for him.

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Gloucester face Leicester Tigers in The Slater Cup - named after Ed Slater, former captain of both teams, who retired in 2022 after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease - at Aston Villa's Villa Park on Saturday, 28 March.

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"He was a wonderful president. While of course his body was failing him, the tragedy in some respects of motor neurone disease is that the brain doesn't fail you, so he was always there to give ideas and provide insight to me as a relatively new chair," Mr Matthews added.

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He also has no doubt about who the next one should be - former Leeds Rhinos and England star Kevin Sinfield, who has since become equally synonymous with raising awareness about motor neurone disease.

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