Degenerative

Synonyms for "degenerative" (2 found)

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Related words (1)

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Translations

11 translations across 11 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries
  • degeneratiu adj (characterized by or causing degeneration)

French

1 entries
  • dégénératif adj (characterized by or causing degeneration)

Galician

1 entries
  • dexenerativo adj (characterized by or causing degeneration)

German

1 entries
  • degenerativ adj (characterized by or causing degeneration)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • degeneratív adj (characterized by or causing degeneration)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • degeneratif adj (characterized by or causing degeneration)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • degenerative adj (characterized by or causing degeneration)

Italian

1 entries
  • degenerativo adj (characterized by or causing degeneration)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • degenerativo adj (characterized by or causing degeneration)

Russian

1 entries
  • дегенерати́вный adj (characterized by or causing degeneration)

Spanish

1 entries
  • degenerativo adj (characterized by or causing degeneration)

Sample sentences

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For a while now, researchers have boasted the health benefits of red wine, including a lower risk of heart disease and degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. In which case, drinking a glass of wine a day seems harmless, even beneficial. But a team of researchers from Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston have busted our wine-infused bubble, finding that just that one glass can increase the risk of breast cancer.

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Osteoarthritis is a degenerative condition of the joints in which the normal cartilage cushion in the joints breaks down.

Source: tatoeba (10244388)

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