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neurodegenerative Definition

neuro·de·gen·er·ative (no̵or′ō dē jen′ər ə tiv, nyo̵or′-)

adjective

designating or of a disease or condition, as Alzheimer's disease, characterized by the degeneration of nervous tissue

neurodegenerative Related Forms
neu′ro·de·gen′·er·a′tion (-ā′s̸hən) noun
neurodegenerative Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • disorder: Nowadays, AD is the most common neurodegenerative disorder worldwide.
  • disease: Over 40 % of the 307 children admitted to the hospice over an eleven year period had a neurodegenerative disease.
  • condition: A brief account is given below of the three most common of these neurodegenerative conditions.
  • illness: Does impairment of energy metabolism result in excitotoxic neuronal death in neurodegenerative illnesses?
  • process: However, these problems may be caused by underlying neurodegenerative processes rather than by the seizures.
  • change: Research into the treatment and reversal of neurodegenerative changes in patients by growth factor infusion.