degeneratively
In declining fashion
In a manner characterized by progressive deterioration or decline.
The term appears most often in medical contexts describing conditions that worsen over time: The disease progresses degeneratively, affecting mobility first.
It can also describe any process of gradual breakdown: The neighborhood had been degeneratively neglected for decades.
Degenerative brain disease
- Parkinson'sNeurodegenerative motor disorder
- Huntington'sInherited neurodegenerative condition
- ALSMotor neuron disease
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
neurodegeneration · osteoarthritis · neuropathy · encephalopathy · progressive · chronic · incurable · irreversible
Process of declining quality
- regressionReturn to former state
- worseningBecoming more severe
- progressionSequential forward movement
- impairmentDiminished function or capacity
loss · weakening · diminishing · failing · declining · advancing · accelerating · slowing
Wasting from disuse
- fibrosisPathological connective tissue buildup
- scarringPermanent mark formation
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- erosionGradual wearing away
thinning · weakening · deteriorating · progressively · structurally · functionally · mobility · stiffness
Gradual functional decline with age
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- geriatricRelating to elderly care
- age-relatedTied to chronological progression
- osteoporosisDisease weakening skeletal structure
arthritis · presbyopia · frailty · cumulative · inevitable · gradually · slowly · lifespan
Alzheimer's
Degenerative brain disease
- Parkinson'sNeurodegenerative motor disorder
- Huntington'sInherited neurodegenerative condition
- ALSMotor neuron disease
dementia · neurodegeneration · osteoarthritis · neuropathy · encephalopathy · progressive · chronic · incurable · irreversible · symptomatic
deterioration
Process of declining quality
- regressionReturn to former state
- worseningBecoming more severe
- progressionSequential forward movement
impairment · loss · weakening · diminishing · failing · declining · advancing · accelerating · slowing · stabilizing
atrophy
Wasting from disuse
- fibrosisPathological connective tissue buildup
- scarringPermanent mark formation
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
erosion · thinning · weakening · deteriorating · progressively · structurally · functionally · mobility · stiffness · pain
senescence
Gradual functional decline with age
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- geriatricRelating to elderly care
- age-relatedTied to chronological progression
osteoporosis · arthritis · presbyopia · frailty · cumulative · inevitable · gradually · slowly · lifespan · longevity
degenerativelyconstructively
In a helpful manner
generatively · progressively · developmentally · beneficially · flourishingly
- degenerative diseasesConditions causing gradual deterioration
- degenerative conditionDisease causing gradual decline
- degenerative disc diseaseSpinal cushion deterioration condition
- degenerative discDeteriorating spinal cushion