Age-related macular degeneration can cause blindness.
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Degeneration
Synonyms for "degeneration" (153 found)
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68 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- дегенера́ция noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
- израждане noun (process or state of growing worse)
Catalan
2 entries- degeneració noun (process or state of growing worse)
- degeneració noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 惡化 /恶化 noun (process or state of growing worse)
- 退化 noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
- 退行 noun (process or state of growing worse)
Danish
4 entries- degeneration noun (process or state of growing worse)
- degeneration noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
- degeneration noun (gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants)
- forfald noun (process or state of growing worse)
Finnish
4 entries- degeneraatio noun (gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants)
- rappeuma noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
- rappeuma noun (something degenerated)
- rappeutuminen noun (process or state of growing worse)
French
4 entries- dégénération noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
- dégénération noun (gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants)
- dégénérescence noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
- dégénérescence noun (gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants)
Galician
4 entries- dexeneración noun (process or state of growing worse)
- dexeneración noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
- dexeneración noun (gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants)
- dexeneración noun (something degenerated)
German
2 entries- Degeneration noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
- Entartung noun (process or state of growing worse)
Hebrew
3 entries- דגנרציה noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
- החמרה noun (process or state of growing worse)
- התנוונות noun (gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants)
Hindi
2 entries- अपघटन noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
- अपघटन noun (gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants)
Hungarian
4 entries- degeneráció noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
- degeneráltság noun (process or state of growing worse)
- elfajulás noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
- elkorcsosulás noun (process or state of growing worse)
Irish
1 entries- meathlú noun (process or state of growing worse)
Italian
2 entries- degenerazione noun (process or state of growing worse)
- degenerazione noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
Japanese
2 entries- 悪化 noun (process or state of growing worse)
- 退化 noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- degenerasjon noun (process or state of growing worse)
- degenerasjon noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
- degenerasjon noun (gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- degenerasjon noun (process or state of growing worse)
- degenerasjon noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
- degenerasjon noun (gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants)
Polish
4 entries- degeneracja noun (process or state of growing worse)
- degeneracja noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
- zwyrodnienie noun (process or state of growing worse)
- zwyrodnienie noun (gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants)
Portuguese
3 entries- degeneração noun (process or state of growing worse)
- degeneração noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
- degeneração noun (gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants)
Romanian
4 entries- degenerare noun (process or state of growing worse)
- degenerare noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
- degenerare noun (gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants)
- degenerări noun (process or state of growing worse)
Russian
4 entries- вырожде́ние noun (process or state of growing worse)
- вырожде́ние noun (gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants)
- дегенера́ция noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
- дегенера́ция noun (gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants)
Spanish
4 entries- degeneración noun (process or state of growing worse)
- degeneración noun (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished)
- degeneración noun (gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants)
- degeneración noun (something degenerated)
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With the deteriorating ethos, even seemingly trivial matters have caused a further degeneration of the situation.
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In the deteriorating atmosphere, even seemingly trivial matters have caused a further degeneration of the situation.
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Macular degeneration primarily affects Caucasian people, usually those with light colored eyes.
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