degenerative diseases of old age. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A rise in degenerative spinal conditions, which could be a result of demanding physical labor. From Wordnik.com. [A Historic Shift] Reference
A similar disease in dogs is called degenerative myelopathy (DM). From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
Such systems are regulated by what control engineers call degenerative or negative feedback. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Haas was born with a kind of degenerative blindness called Leber's congenital amaurosis. From Wordnik.com. [Science Question From a Toddler: What do blind people see? Boing Boing] Reference
I don't always want to think about where it's grown and how it's been harvested or what kind of degenerative illness it will cure. From Wordnik.com. [Ariel Leve on superfoods] Reference
Despite Putin's attacks on independent media, no one is advocating censuring history books or "degenerative" art in today's Russia. From Wordnik.com. [Comrade Putin's New Russia] Reference
One can call these "degenerative" and consider them as an expression of hereditary deterioration. From Wordnik.com. [Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex] Reference
That term encompasses some of the most painful conditions such as degenerative disk disease, fibromyalgia and burns, Wolski said. From Wordnik.com. [CourierPostOnline.com - News] Reference
'degenerative' research programs; between those which evolve, expanding our understanding, and those which stagnate. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Parkinson's is a progressive degenerative disorder. From Wordnik.com. [The Pope's Diagnosis] Reference
Arthritis: McCain suffers from degenerative arthritis. From Wordnik.com. [What's in a Number?] Reference
Though the degenerative process has been delayed, it hasn't been repealed. From Wordnik.com. [Getting Serious] Reference
He had Lewy body disease, a degenerative neurological disorder, and dementia. From Wordnik.com. [Obituaries: Warnetta Gussie; Joan Doherty Harper; Edmond N. Howar; Polly Krieger] Reference
Yet most cases of these illnesses are degenerative and accompany a modern lifestyle. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: A Bullish Report] Reference
The degenerative disease attacks nerve cells that control the body's voluntary muscles. From Wordnik.com. [Biogen Agrees to Develop Experimental ALS Drug] Reference
Shep's work partner has a young daughter who suffers from a genetic degenerative disease. From Wordnik.com. [A Novel Tallies The Real Cost Of Health Care] Reference
Old animals are prone to fractures of bones and degenerative changes of the body tissues. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
I was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease five years ago and just got surgery recently. From Wordnik.com. [PTSD: New War on An Old Foe] Reference
An MRI of the lumbar spine showed only some mild degenerative changes, so I suspected sciatica. From Wordnik.com. [Sciatica? Check your rear pocket] Reference
That the patient can be classed as one having a degenerative soil is not at all certain in this case. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Forensic Psychiatry] Reference
Supreme Court — the right to use a golf cart while competing because of a degenerative leg condition. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark Side of Golf] Reference
Further research showed that prions could self-replicate and cause slow degenerative diseases of the CNS. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
A three - or four-year policy makes more sense, unless you have a family history of degenerative disease. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond Retirement] Reference
It's a charity performance to raise funds for Lewis Jeynes, a boy suffering from a degenerative disorder. From Wordnik.com. [Diary] Reference
And a lot of them are fine, but others suffer with degenerative brain disease, cognitive impairment and depression. From Wordnik.com. [Hitless or Witless?] Reference
All the boys, except for a son, have developed a non-treatable degenerative muscular disease called Muscular Dystrophy. From Wordnik.com. [José Ramos-Horta: A Mother's Story of Resilience and Agony] Reference
The study looked at nearly 2,400 patients who had undergone lumbar-fusion surgery for lower-back pain, usually from degenerative disk disease. From Wordnik.com. [Narcotic medicine can be deadly after spinal-fusion surgery] Reference
Like, for example, Dearfield, N.H., resident Maria McNamara, who suffers from a degenerative eye condition called retinal dispigmentosa and is uninsured. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Credit Crunch] Reference
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