Neurodegenerative Definition

nyo͝orōdējenərətiv, nyyo͝ordējenərətiv
adjective
Designating or of a disease or condition, as Alzheimer's disease, characterized by the degeneration of nervous tissue.
Webster's New World
Relating to or characterized by a progressive loss of neurons in the brain.
Neurodegenerative diseases.
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Origin of Neurodegenerative

Neurodegenerative Sentence Examples

  • Research & Development Pipeline Oxford BioMedica is developing novel gene-based therapeutics in the fields of cancer, virus infection and neurodegenerative disease.

  • Possible causes include stroke, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, neurodegenerative diseases, trauma, spinal cord injury, and nervous system poisons such as strychnine, tetanus, and certain insecticides.

  • Fasciculation may be due to fatigue, cold, medications, metabolic disorders, nerve damage, or neurodegenerative disease, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease).

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