degenerative
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At 22 she was diagnosed with degenerative sight condition Stargardt disease during her second year at music school and is registered blind.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Anyone over the age of 60 is at higher risk of having a degenerative condition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
By the time he had his first grandchild, at age 72, he had a degenerative spine condition he worried would limit their time together.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
CTE, which stands for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, is a degenerative brain disease involving the buildup in the brain of “tau” proteins associated with forms of dementia such as Alzheimer’s.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
The distinguished historian Tony Judt, who died in mid-2010 of motor neuron disease, used it to compose essays after his degenerative disease robbed him of the ability to move.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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