- multiple sclerosis, MS, disseminated sclerosis, disseminated multiple sclerosis - a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
--1 is a kind of sclerosis, induration; degenerative disorder
--1 has parts: demyelination - Mississippi, Magnolia State, MS - a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War
--2 is a kind of American state
--2 is a part of Gulf States
--2 is a member of
--2 has parts:Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland; Deep South Biloxi; Columbus; Greenville; Hattiesburg; Jackson, capital of Mississippi; Meridian; Natchez; Tupelo; Vicksburg; Tombigbee, Tombigbee River; Yazoo, Yazoo River - Master of Science, MS, SM, MSc - a master's degree in science
--3 is a kind of master's degree
- manuscript, ms - the form of a literary work submitted for publication
--4 is a kind of writing, written material, piece of writing