AGE-RELATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does age-related mean? 

• AGE-RELATED (adjective)
  The adjective AGE-RELATED has 1 sense:

1. changing (increasing or decreasing) as an individual's age increases

  Familiarity information: AGE-RELATED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGE-RELATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Changing (increasing or decreasing) as an individual's age increases

Similar:

related; related to (being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics)

 Context examples 

Age-related macular degeneration is most often seen in people who are over the age of 50.

(Age-related macular degeneration, NCI Dictionary)

Also called age-related macular degeneration, ARMD, and macular degeneration.

(AMD, NCI Dictionary)

Also called age-related macular degeneration, AMD, and macular degeneration.

(ARMD, NCI Dictionary)

The findings point to potential therapies for controlling inflammation and slowing progression of rare retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

(Immune cells in the retina can spontaneously regenerate, National Institutes of Health)

While there have been age-related studies of great apes, the profound memory impairment found in Alzheimer's patients has not yet been demonstrated in nonhuman primates.

(New research detects Alzheimer's disease markers in nonhuman primates, National Science Foundation)

Dr. Chew leads the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS), which was designed to investigate a combination of nutritional supplements for slowing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of vision loss.

(Study shows no benefit of omega-3 or other nutritional supplements for cognitive decline, NIH)

Meal-fed and calorie-restricted mice showed improvements in overall health, as evidenced by delays in common age-related damage to the liver and other organs, and extended longevity.

(Longer daily fasting times improve health and longevity, National Institutes of Health)

Dietary induced changes in the serum metabolome which serve as biomarkers for physiological status (e.g., relative risk of developing age-related diseases such as cancer).

(Biomarker of Dietary Intake, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with basal laminar drusen, complement factor H deficiency, hemolytic uremic syndrome atypical type 1, and age-related macular degeneration type 4.

(CFH wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called age-related macular degeneration, AMD, and ARMD.

(Macular Degeneration, NCI Dictionary)