Usually means: Deterioration of function over time.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. degenerative: Merriam-Webster
  2. degenerative: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. degenerative: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. degenerative: Collins English Dictionary
  5. degenerative: Vocabulary.com
  6. Degenerative, degenerative: Wordnik
  7. degenerative: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. degenerative: Wiktionary
  9. degenerative: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. degenerative: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. degenerative: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. degenerative: Dictionary.com
  13. Degenerative: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Degenerative: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. degenerative: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. degenerative: Rhymezone
  17. degenerative: FreeDictionary.org
  18. degenerative: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. degenerative: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. Degenerative: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. degenerative: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. degenerative: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. degenerative: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. degenerative: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  4. degenerative: Medical dictionary
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▸ adjective:  Characterized by or causing degeneration.

Similar:
chronic, progressive, degenerational, degradative, dysgenic, dysgenical, cytodegenerative, osteodegenerative, degradational, erythrodegenerative, more...

Types:
Alzheimer's, dementia, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, ALS, Huntington's, more...

Phrases:
degenerative diseases, Degenerative disease, degenerative arthritis, degenerative disorder, degenerative osteoarthritis, more...

Adjectives:
chronic, more, inherently, progressive, miscellaneous, likely, infectious, hereditary, secondary, early

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Similar:
chronic, progressive, degenerational, degradative, dysgenic, dysgenical, cytodegenerative, osteodegenerative, degradational, erythrodegenerative, more...

Types:
Alzheimer's, dementia, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, ALS, Huntington's, more...

Phrases:
degenerative diseases, Degenerative disease, degenerative arthritis, degenerative disorder, degenerative osteoarthritis, degenerative myopia, degenerative arthropathy, degenerative joint disease, more...

Adjectives:
chronic, more, inherently, progressive, miscellaneous, likely, infectious, hereditary, secondary, early

Colors:
    gray,     black,     brown,     dark green,     olive, more...



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