degeneration : Idioms & Phrases

• noun macular degeneration that is age-related
  AMD.
  

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• (Med.), a diseased condition of various organs of the body, produced by the deposit of an albuminous substance, giving a blue color with iodine and sulphuric acid; called also waxy ∨ lardaceous degeneration.

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• etc. See under Amyloid, Caseous, etc.

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• a morbid process, in scrofulous or consumptive persons, in which the products of inflammation are converted into a cheesy substance which is neither absorbed nor organized.

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• (Med.), a diseased condition, in which the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the efficient parts of these organs.

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• a form of degeneration in which organs or tissues are converted into fibroid tissue.

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• noun a rare inherited disorder of copper metabolism; copper accumulates in the liver and then in the red blood cells and brain
  Wilson's disease.
  

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• (Med.), amyloid degeneration.

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• noun eye disease caused by degeneration of the cells of the macula lutea and results in blurred vision; can cause blindness
  

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• a form of degeneration in which the tissues are transformed into a semisolid substance resembling mucus.

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• (Med.), a morbid condition in which an undue amount of pigment is deposited in the tissues.

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Wal*le"ri*an de*gen`er*a"tion

Definitions

1. (Med.) A form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibers as a result of their division; -- so called from Dr. Waller, who published an account of it in 1850.

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• (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under Amyloid.

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