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neurodegenerative en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English degenerate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English degenerative English neurodegenerative From neuro- + degenerative.

Meanings

1. Of, pertaining to, or resulting in the progressive loss of nerve cells and of neurologic function.
   • 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. 2015 December 21, Michael D. Geschwind, “Prion Diseases”, in Continuum (Minneap Minn), →DOI:
   • neurodegenerative disease
   • 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. 2018 January 18, Jürgen Götz, “Why it’s so hard to treat dementia”, in CNN, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2018:

Forms

Antonyms

neurogenerative

Deriveds

neurodegeneratively · antineurodegenerative

Relateds

neurodegeneration

Translations (11)

uk нейродегенерати́вний (pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells) · it neurodegenerativo (pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells) · fr neurodégénératif (pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells) · el νευροεκφυλιστικός (pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells) · gl neurodexenerativo (pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells) · sk neurodegeneratívny (pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells) · ro neurodegenerativ (pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells) · es neurodegenerativo (pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells) · pl neurodegeneracyjny (pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells) · ca neurodegeneratiu (pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells) · pt neurodegenerativo (pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells)