degenerative disease

collocation in English

meaningsofdegenerativeanddisease

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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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disease
noun
uk
/dɪˈziːz/us
/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
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(Definition ofdegenerativeanddiseasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Preservation of vision following cell-based therapies in a model of retinaldegenerativedisease.
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This book relates the true story of a retired university professor dying of a raredegenerativedisease.
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The locus coeruleus and its possible role in ageing anddegenerativediseaseof the human central nervous system.
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It is adegenerativediseasethat effectively destroys the brain.
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Impact of retinal dystrophy on melanopsin cells retinaldegenerativediseasewhen considering the timing of any cellular or molecular-based therapies.
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It is clear in this respect that the results of repair of rheumatic mitral valves are inferior to those withdegenerativedisease.
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Physicians admitted 57% of the patients to the hospital with adegenerativedisease, 21% with an inflammatory disease, and 16% with a neoplastic disease.
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That is an 18-month wait for someone suffering from a progressivedegenerativedisease.
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Valves weakened by rheumatic fever ordegenerativediseasecould be replaced.
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The consequences of this irreversibledegenerativediseaseare above all human.
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The ideal way forward would be to develop an eradication programme to combat thisdegenerativedisease.
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Degenerativediseaseof the spine is very common among people who do not experience pain, which suggests that organic changes do not necessarily always cause back pain.
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Withdegenerativedisease, however, the disease process overwhelms the body's capacity to regenerate and to replace cells, leading to destruction.
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The form of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa associated with rhodopsin mutations is adegenerativediseasethat shows variability in the age at onset and in the rate of progression.
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It is about a girl coping with her teenage life along with adegenerativedisease.
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This was the first demonstration of the infectious spread of a noninflammatorydegenerativediseasein humans.
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The series has been described as a vivid study of the ravages of adegenerativedisease.
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In the mid-1980s, his career was cut short by adegenerativedisease.
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Later she suffered from adegenerativediseaseand was forced into early retirement in 1947.
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The majority of corneal transplants carried out today are due to adegenerativediseasecalled keratoconus.
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It is justified in terms of infertility and of helping people so that the child that they bear does not have adegenerativedisease.
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The research shows that embryonic stem cells have immense potential to help us understand seriousdegenerativediseaseand to research cures or treatments, too.
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We are today exploring the best way to conduct research into the causes ofdegenerativedisease, how to allocate our resources and the appropriate limits of scientific inquiry.
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