degenerative changes
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdegenerativeandchange
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degenerative
adjective
uk/dɪˈdʒen.ər.ə.tɪv/us/dɪˈdʒen.ə.rə.t̬ɪv/
A degenerative illness is one in which the body or a part of the body gradually ...
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change
noun
uk/tʃeɪndʒ/us/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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The period of major photoreceptor loss coincided with ages during which about 10% of photoreceptors appeared to show degenerative changes (4 -8 years of age).
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Degenerative changes in the mitochondria of flight muscle from aging blowflies.
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Degenerative changes occur with age in the visual, vestibular, motor, sensory and cerebellar systems.
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Histological examination showed the aorta to be normal, without inflammatory or degenerative changes.
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Age-dependent changes in visual perception and proprioception have been demonstrated and degenerative changes in the vestibular receptor organs and vestibular nerve fibres have been reported.
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Unfertilised eggs appeared to be undergoing degenerative changes and lacked any evidence of activation.
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However, following detachment and starvation, degenerative changes occur within the gastrodermis, eventually leading to marked damage to the embryo\\s.
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Transient incontinence generally occurs when an additional stress is added to normal age-related degenerative changes.
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All these changes are undoubtedly related to the degenerative changes occurring in these oocytes.
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When pulmonary infections in moose are massive, crowding or other factors may induce degenerative changes in the metacestodes.
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For example, cortical heterotopias clearly originate during early development, and degenerative changes such as plaques and tangles occur late in life.
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Hence, the systemic administration of melatonin could be sufficient to arrest ocular degenerative changes.
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The blastomeres showed different deviations from this pattern, mostly in correlation with progressive degenerative changes in the cytoplasm (lack of organelles, loss of the membrane and vesiculated cytoplasm structure).
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The kidney was particularly sensitive to the toxic effects of epichlorohydrin and degenerative changes in the liver were also reported.
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The degenerative changes of the kidney described in rats and mice were not reported in humans.
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They can be occluded by arthritic degenerative changes and space-occupying lesions like tumors, metastases and spinal disc herniations.
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Traumatic rotator cuff changes are often located antero-superior, meanwhile degenerative changes more likely are supero-posterior.
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