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neurodegenerative

adj

Etymology

From neuro- + degenerative.

  1. learned borrowing from dēgenerātus
  2. suffixed as degenerative — “degenerate + ive”
  3. formed as neurodegenerative — “neuro- + degenerative”

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resulting in the progressive loss of nerve cells and of neurologic…

    Of, pertaining to, or resulting in the progressive loss of nerve cells and of neurologic function.

    • neurodegenerative disease
    • It doesn’t help that symptoms of Alzheimer’s develop gradually and slowly and a diagnosis might only be made years after the brain has started to undergo neurodegenerative changes.

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