degenerative disease
/dɪ'dʒɛnə,reɪtɪv_dɪ'ziz/
Definition that contains degenerative disease
- prion (microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system
- virino (microbiology) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins
- wernicke's encephalopathy inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency that is usually associated with alcoholism