DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does degenerative joint disease mean? 

• DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE (noun)
  The noun DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE (noun)

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Meaning:

Chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

degenerative arthritis; degenerative joint disease; osteoarthritis

Hypernyms ("degenerative joint disease" is a kind of...):

arthritis (inflammation of a joint or joints)

 Context examples 

A noninflammatory degenerative joint disease occurring chiefly in older persons, characterised by degeneration of the articular cartilage, hypertrophy of bone at the margins and changes in the synovial membrane.

(Osteoarthritis, NCI Thesaurus)