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[ dih-jen-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv ] / dɪˈdʒɛn ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR degenerative ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivetending to degenerate. characterized by degeneration. Origin of degenerativeFirst recorded in 1840–50; degenerate + -ive OTHER WORDS FROM degenerativenon·de·gen·er·a·tive, adjectiveun·de·gen·er·a·tive, adjectiveWords nearby degenerativedegeneracy pressure, degenerate, degenerate matter, degenerate state, degeneration, degenerative, degenerative joint disease, degerm, degerminate, de Ghelderode, deglaciation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for degenerativeIn this degenerative illness, patients lose the function of the left half of their brain. Jonah Lehrer’s Imagine Explores Creativity for Capitalists|Casey Schwartz|March 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST I learned that he had a degenerative disease and might not live long enough even to finish his Ph.D. degree. Stephen Hawking 70th-Birthday Salute|Martin Rees|January 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST The cop had read a newspaper story about Lanza, and had a teenage son who was slowly going blind from a degenerative eye disease. Saving Sight, Testing Faith|Sharon Begley|May 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST He was elevated by hope for an antidote to what felt like a toxic, degenerative condition. The Zero-Sacrifice Presidency|Lee Siegel|December 4, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Neuropathic or degenerative conditions sometimes serve to accentuate or reveal ancestral traits that are very ancient in the race. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis That the patient can be classed as one having a degenerative soil is not at all certain in this case. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry|Bernard Glueck Let us now endeavor to illustrate what he means by this degenerative soil giving rise to these psychoses. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry|Bernard Glueck To avoid other complications he chose female drunkards in whom no other degenerative features were evident. Being Well-Born|Michael F. Guyer One can call these "degenerative" and consider them as an expression of hereditary deterioration. Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex|Sigmund Freud
British Dictionary definitions for degenerative
adjective(of a disease or condition) getting steadily worse Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to degenerativeretrogressive, backward, deteriorating, regressive, dwindling, frittering, declinatory, depressive, deleterious Medical definitions for degenerative
adj.Of, relating to, causing, or characterized by degeneration. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |