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| encephalopathy |
a disease of the brain, esp. a chronic degenerative disease. |
| itai-itai disease |
a painful degenerative bone disease contracted by ingesting water or food that has been polluted by industrial cadmium waste. |
| MS2 |
abbreviation of "multiple sclerosis," a degenerative disease of the nervous system in which nerve cells of the brain or spinal cord lose their myelin sheaths, resulting in hardening of the neural tissue, speech difficulties, and loss of muscular coordination. |
| multiple sclerosis |
a degenerative disease of the nervous system in which nerve cells of the brain or spinal cord lose their myelin sheaths, resulting in hardening of the neural tissue, speech difficulties, and loss of muscular coordination. |
| Parkinson's disease |
a degenerative disease of the nervous system characterized by muscular rigidity and tremors, esp. in the hands and face. |
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