Phrase Hound found 5 phrases and 13 compound words that contain degeneration. The most common are listed below. Open degeneration in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 5
- macular degenerationA disease of the retina of the eye resulting in loss of central vision.
- citrus vein phloem degenerationSynonym of huanglongbing: A bacterial infection of citrus trees.
- hepatolenticular degenerationSynonym of Wilson's disease: An autosomal-recessive genetic disorder in which copper accumulates in tissues, resulting in neurological or psychiatric symptoms and liver disease.
- Wallerian degenerationA process that results when a nerve fiber is cut or crushed, in which the part of the axon separated from the neuron's cell body degenerates distal to the injury.
- hyaline degenerationThe degeneration of cellular tissue to form a mass of glassy, homogenous material
Compound words 13
- degenerationistOne who believes in the theory of degenerationism.
- microdegenerationmicroscopic degeneration
- biodegenerationbiological or biochemical degeneration
- cytodegenerationThe degeneration of cells or of cellular tissue
- degenerationismA theory stating that human conditions such as disease and savagery represent a reversion to an earlier evolutionary stage.
- myelodegenerationThe degeneration of bone marrow
- myodegenerationmuscle degeneration
- nondegenerationAbsence of degeneration; failure to degenerate.
- osteodegenerationThe degeneration of bone tissue
- predegenerationPrior degeneration