ALS (disambiguation)

ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) is a chronic and fatal form of motor neuron disease; also known as Lou Gehrig's disease in the US, or Charcot's disease in the French-speaking world.

ALS or Als may also refer to:

Places

  • Als (island), Denmark

Aviation

Medicine

  • Advanced life support, a level of medical training
  • Anterolateral system, part of the nervous system
  • Antibodies from lymphocyte secretions, an immunological assay
  • Angular leaf spot, a bacterial plant disease

Science and technology

  • Acetolactate synthase, an enzyme
  • Advanced Light Source, a synchrotron radiation facility
  • ALSN, automatic train signalling (автоматична локомотивна сигналізація), a train protection system
  • Alternate line service, a mobile phone feature
  • Aluminized steel, as used in engineering drawings
  • Ammonium lauryl sulfate, a household chemical
  • Antilag system, a system used on turbocharged engines
  • Audio Lossless Coding, an audio codec
  • LS TTL, advanced low-power Schottky
  • Photodetector, ambient light sensor
  • Alternating least squares, a matrix factorization method

Organizations

Other uses

Topics referred to by the same term
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