MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

multiple sclerosis

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as in cerebral palsy

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Recent Examples of multiple sclerosis The View cohosts banded together to slam Megyn Kelly over the latter’s shaming of Christina Applegate amid her multiple sclerosis misdiagnosis. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2026 She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a chronic disease in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system, disrupting communication between the brain and the rest of the body. — Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 Blair went public in 2018 about having multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic neurological disorder and autoimmune disease. — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 One 2025 study by Solomon and his colleagues found that 40 percent of people who had later been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis were initially misdiagnosed with a different disease. — Dylan Scott, Vox, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for multiple sclerosis

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Research has shown that the therapeutic use of horseback riding can improve balance and coordination in people who have neurological conditions like cerebral palsy, and lessen the symptoms for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

— Ondine Cohane, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2026
And for those with developmental disabilities, such as autism and cerebral palsy, the benefits of being employed can hold even more weight.

— John Gill, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

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Other vaccines including for poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, mumps and rubella will remain in place unless updated through legislation, according to the state Department of Health.

— Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
Cases of paralytic poliomyelitis disease plummeted from over 15,000 a year in the early 1950s to under 100 in the 1960s and then down to fewer than 10 in the 1970s.

— Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022

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