degeneration
degeneration
Definition
de·gen·er·ation (dē jen′ər ā′s̸hən; di-)
noun
- the process of degenerating
- a degenerate condition
- Biol. deterioration or loss of a function or structure in the course of evolution, as in the vestigial eyes of many cave animals
- Med. deterioration in structure or function of cells, tissues, or organs, as in disease or aging
Etymology: LL degeneratio
degeneration
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- axon: Everyone who has done these sorts of experiments in the world, agrees there is degeneration of terminal axons in PPS.
- neuron: MND is a severe, incurable, rapidly progressive fatal degeneration of motor neurones cells which control movement.
- neuron: The cause appears to be degeneration of motor neurons.
- cartilage: Joint pain is often due to the degeneration of cartilage within the joint.
- liver: Their fate was to develop degeneration of the liver and kidneys which was believed to have been caused by a form of diabetes.
Converse of object
- age-related: Age-related macular degeneration Age-related macular degeneration ( ARMD ) is a very common cause of reduced vision in the UK.
- relate: Age related macular degeneration, cataract, multidimensional assessment.
- reverse: Glucosamine can also reverse joint degeneration in osteoarthritis sufferers.
Adjective modifier
- macular: They did not have macular degeneration at the start of the study.
- age-related: The majority of people with dry age-related macular degeneration do not suffer very severe visual loss.
- neuronal: Again, glutamate excess can lead to neuronal degeneration.
- retinal: Are we dealing with just a handful of disease mechanisms or are there many different routes to retinal degeneration?
- corticobasal: The presence of alien limb syndrome pointed to the diagnosis of " Corticobasal degeneration " .
- frontotemporal: Genetics Approximately 50 % of reported cases of frontotemporal degeneration are found to have a family history of dementia.
Noun used with modifier
- axon: In this way, we will build up a pathway of molecular events and their regulation during the early stages of axon degeneration.
- cartilage: In osteoarthritis these cells behave abnormally and this behavior leads to cartilage degeneration.
- neuron: Different studies have shown that mutant SOD1 causes motor neuron degeneration by a toxic gain of function, but the mechanism is not clear.
- lobe: It includes the specific diseases of Pick's disease and frontal lobe degeneration among others.
- neuron: Genetic characterization of the legs at odd angles angles locus, a new mutation causing motor neuron degeneration in a gene dose dependent manner.
- lattice: The small area of lattice degeneration in the superior temporal quadrant OS remained free of retinal breaks.
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