DEGENERATIVE DISORDER

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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)