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Definitions of degenerative
  1. adjective
    (of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function
    "degenerative diseases of old age"

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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
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