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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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Definition that contains degenerative
  • 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
  • chorea any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs
  • wernicke's encephalopathy inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency that is usually associated with alcoholism
  • pyknosis a degenerative state of the cell nucleus
  • parkinson's disease a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
  • foot rot contagious degenerative infection of the feet of hoofed animals (especially cattle and sheep)
  • parkinson's syndrome a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
  • shaking palsy a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
  • eburnation a change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory
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