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"degenerative diseases of old age"adjective(of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function
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- dystrophy any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition
- 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
- pycnosis a degenerative state of the cell nucleus
- parkinsonism a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
- parkinson's a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
- chorea any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs
- pyknosis a degenerative state of the cell nucleus
- wernicke's encephalopathy inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency that is usually associated with alcoholism
- parkinson's disease a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination