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degenerative
adjective as in tending to diminish in quality
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The degenerative condition causes muscle weakness and, of the 1,000 people diagnosed in the UK each year, the NHS says most will lose the ability to speak.
“The hard part about degenerative eye disease is you don’t wake up one day and realize ‘Oh, I should use my cane now for the rest of my life.’”
But this year, questions are intensifying over the risk youth athletes face from repeated head injuries after a gunman who played football in Southern California claimed he suffered from a degenerative brain disease.
Jake has Huntington's disease, a degenerative neurological condition that causes involuntary movements.
When Osric seeks medical treatment for a degenerative condition, he gets roped into helping Aurienne’s order cure an outbreak of pox that is killing children in droves.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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