degenerative
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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
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease in which cartilage and other structures inside a joint gradually break down.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
I had vaguely heard about MS but I really knew nothing about the degenerative disease.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
One doctor suggested she might have multiple sclerosis; so many of her symptoms seemed to indicate some kind of degenerative illness.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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