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形容詞

neurodegenerative (comparative more neurodegenerative, superlative most neurodegenerative)

1. (neurology, pathology) Of, pertaining to, or resulting in the progressive loss of nerve cells and of neurologic function.

   neurodegenerative disease

   • 2015 December 21, Michael D. Geschwind, “Prion Diseases”, in Continuum (Minneap Minn), →DOI:

     A very rare polymorphism in the prion protein gene recently has been identified that appears to protect against prion disease; this finding, in addition to providing greater understanding of the prionlike mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders, might lead to potential treatments.

   • 2018 January 18, Jürgen Götz, “Why it’s so hard to treat dementia”, in CNN‎:

     It doesn’t help that symptoms of Alzheimer’s develop gradually and slowly and a diagnosis might only be made years after the brain has started to undergo neurodegenerative changes.

反意語

• neurogenerative

派生語

派生語

• neurodegenerative disease