DEGENERATIVE DISORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does degenerative disorder mean? 

• DEGENERATIVE DISORDER (noun)
  The noun DEGENERATIVE DISORDER has 1 sense:

1. condition leading to progressive loss of function

  Familiarity information: DEGENERATIVE DISORDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEGENERATIVE DISORDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Condition leading to progressive loss of function

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("degenerative disorder" is a kind of...):

disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "degenerative disorder"):

demyelination (loss of the myelin covering of some nerve fibers resulting in their impaired function)

dystrophy (any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition)

disseminated multiple sclerosis; disseminated sclerosis; MS; multiple sclerosis (a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers)

paralysis agitans; Parkinson's; Parkinson's disease; Parkinson's syndrome; Parkinsonism; shaking palsy (a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination)

chorea (any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs)

 Context examples 

A progressive degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of dopamine producing neurons in the substantia nigra and the presence of Lewy bodies in the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus.

(Parkinson's Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Osteoarthritis tends to occur later in life and has been largely considered as a degenerative disorder in which pain is produced by damage and wear and tear to bone and cartilage.

(Joint lubricating fluid plays key role in osteoarthritic pain, University of Cambridge)

An inherited degenerative disorder involving the peripheral nerves.

(Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare degenerative disorder that affects the spine.

(Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare transmittable degenerative disorder of the brain caused by prions.

(Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive, lethal, degenerative disorder of motor neurons.

(Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Affecting millions of people worldwide, Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disorder that causes movement problems, including trembling of the hands, arms, or legs, stiffness of limbs and trunk, slowed movements and problems with posture.

(NIH scientists find six new genetic risk factors for Parkinson’s, NIH)

Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disorder that attacks nerve cells in many parts of the nervous system, most notably in a brain region called the substantia nigra, which releases dopamine, a chemical messenger important for movement.

(Too much protein may kill brain cells as Parkinson’s progresses, NINDS)