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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.

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“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.

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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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