degenerative disease

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degenerative disease

[di′jen·ə·rəd·iv di′zēz]
(medicine)
General debility and diseases associated with advancing age.
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The father of three children, who are all suffering from the same degenerative nerve disease, has appealed to the government to help with treatment and the provision of special needs equipment.
Help sought for three children suffering from nerve atrophy
Caroline Smith, 30, from Putney, South London, suffers from the degenerative nerve disease Charcot-Marie-Tooth, which causes muscle weakness.
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Mrs Fletcher, who has a daughter Megan, 13, suffers from a degenerative nerve disease and has been confined to a wheelchair for 11 years.
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Mother of one Ms Fletcher, 32, from Prescot, suffers from a degenerative nerve disease and has been confined to a wheelchair for 11 years' I suffered a miscarriage and had to go in for an operation,' she said.
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Cash, 68, is battling Shy-Drager syndrome, a degenerative nerve disease.
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Back in 1996 Alomar not only spit in Hirschbeck's face but also accused him of being too "bitter" about the death of the umpire's 8-year-old son from ALD, a rare degenerative nerve disease.
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