smon Path.
(smɒn)
Also SMON.
[Acronym f. the initial letters of subacute myelo-optico-neuropathy.]
A disease of the nervous system characterized by recurrent motor, sensory, and visual symptoms, freq. including numbness of the legs.
| 1971 Lancet 3 Apr. 697/1 The Japanese S.M.O.N. syndrome occurs in patients who have not taken clioquinol or other hydroxyquinolines. 1977 Arab Times 31 Oct. 2/3 In June last year, the two firms admitted that the drug quinoform, also called chinoform, had ‘a causal relationship’ with a disease of the nervous system called smon (subacute myelo-optico-neuropathy), which affects limb movement and can cause blindness. 1979 Guardian Weekly 1 Apr. 15/4 Smon (subacute myelo-optico-neuropathy) outbreaks in several communities [in Japan] occurred as early as the 1950s. 1982 Lancet 25 Sept. 716/2 They stated that rise and fall in SMON was synchronous with consumption of clioquinol... This is a continuing controversy. |