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AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Macular degeneration that is age-related
Synonyms:
age-related macular degeneration; AMD
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("age-related macular degeneration" is a kind of...):
macular degeneration (eye disease caused by degeneration of the cells of the macula lutea and results in blurred vision; can cause blindness)
Context examples:
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)
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)
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)
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