degenerative condition
Worsening health state
A degenerative condition is a disease or disorder that progressively worsens over time, typically involving the gradual breakdown of tissue or organ function.
The term appears most often in medical contexts: Alzheimer's is a degenerative condition affecting memory and cognition, arthritis and other degenerative conditions of the joints.
Unlike acute illnesses, degenerative conditions follow a slow, often irreversible decline.
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- declineDecrease or refuse
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- chronicPersisting over time
- atrophyWasting from disuse
muscle wasting · wasting · erosion · arthritis · joint pain · dementia · cognitive decline · Parkinson's · motor neuron disease · decay · muscular · neurological · nerve damage · irreversible · terminal · early onset · weakness · stiffness
degenerative conditionhealing process
Body's self-repair over time
recovery · regeneration · tissue repair · convalescence · rehabilitation
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