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Degenerative   /dɪdʒˈɛnərətɪv/   Listen
Degenerative

adjective
1.
(of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function.



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"Degenerative" Quotes from Famous Books



... trouble is taken to make it appeal to the eye. This impoverished rice is lacking in salts. It will not support people in health. In the countries where polished rice is fed in great quantities, they suffer a great deal from degenerative diseases. One of these is beri-beri, in which there are muscular weakness and degeneration, indigestion, disturbances of the heart and often times anasarca. When people suffering from this disease are given those parts of the rice grain lost in making polished ...
— Maintaining Health • R. L. Alsaker
... which result from the degenerative liquefaction of normal or diseased tissues, especially of tumors of different kinds, followed by ...
— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture


Words linked to "Degenerative" :   degenerative disorder, degenerative arthritis, degenerate, chronic


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