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Definition: Degenerative |
DegenerativeAdjective1. Of illness; marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function; "degenerative diseases of old age". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | Undergoing degeneration : tending to degenerate; having the character of or involving degeneration; causing or tending to cause degeneration. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Degenerative |
| English words defined with "degenerative": cataplasia, chorea ♦ degenerative arthritis, degenerative disorder, degenerative joint disease, dystrophy ♦ eburnation ♦ foot rot ♦ paralysis agitans, Parkinsonism, Parkinson's, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's syndrome, prion, pycnosis, pyknosis ♦ shaking palsy ♦ virino ♦ Wernicke's encephalopathy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "degenerative": Angiodysplasia, applanatio corneae ♦ corneal applanation ♦ Encephalomalacia ♦ Fuchs black spot ♦ Hallux Rigidus, Hepatitis, Alcoholic, Hutchinson-Tay choroiditis ♦ Leukemia Virus, Feline, Lewy Bodies ♦ Macular Degeneration, Morbillivirus Infections, Movement Disorders ♦ Nasal Polyps ♦ Osteoarthritis, Hip ♦ Pancreatitis, Alcoholic ♦ retinopathy ♦ Scleral Diseases, softening of brain, Spinal Osteophytosis, Spinocerebellar Degenerations ♦ Vitreous Detachment. (references) |
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Health | Alexander disease is a rare, genetic, degenerative disorder of the nervous system. (references) | |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, degenerative, invariably fatal brain disorder. (references) | ||
Krabbé disease is a rare, degenerative disorder of the central and peripheral nervous systems. (references) | ||
Business | For purposes of comparison, one cubic meter of diluted dip weighs approximately one ton. Organo-phosphates in sheep dip have been blamed for degenerative diseases in workers who have regularly been exposed to these chemical products. (references) | |
The Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) forecasts that by 2020, one third of the population will be over 50 years of age. This "graying" of the population will result in an increase in chronic and degenerative diseases and disorders with a corresponding increase in the demand for appropriate healthcare services. (references) | ||
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| "Degenerative" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Degenerative" is used about 54 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 54 | 46,184 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "degenerative": degenerative arthritis ♦ Degenerative changes ♦ degenerative disorder ♦ degenerative joint disease. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "degenerative": neuro-degenerative. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "degenerative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 退化 (Degenerate, Degenerated, Degenerating, Degeneration, Degradation, Devolution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | degenerativ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | degeneratief. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | degeneratiivinen, rappio-, rappeutuva. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dégénératif, dégénéré (degenerate, degraded), dégénératif. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | herabsinkend, degenerativ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εκφυλιστικός (recessive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | degenerativo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | egenerativeday degenerativo. (various references) degenerescent. (various references) вырождающийся (degraded), отрицательный (abnegative, minus, neg, negative, negatory, privative), дегенеративный (degenerate). (various references) degeneričan. (various references) degenerativo. (various references) що вироджу"ться, дегенеративний (degenerate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "degenerative": neurodegenerative. (additional references) | |
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"Degenerative" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: degenterative. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "degenerative" (pronounced dije"nerutiv) |
| 8 | -j e" n er u t i v | generative. |
| 6 | -n er u t i v | remunerative. |
| 5 | -er u t i v | alliterative, Federative, figurative, inoperative, operative, recuperative, uncooperative, vituperative. |
| 4 | -u t i v | accusative, acquisitive, additive, affirmative, alternative, anticompetitive, argumentative, causative, cognitive, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, consecutive, conservative, consultative, contemplative, cumulative, curative, decorative, definitive, demonstrative, derivative, diminutive, dispositive, duplicative, evocative, executive, expletive, exploitative, fixative, formative, fugitive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imperative, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, laxative, lucrative, narrative, negative, neoconservative, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, normative, nutritive, palliative, participative, pejorative, positive, prerogative, preservative, preventative, primitive, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, putative, relative, rep, repetitive, representative, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, superlative, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, uncompetitive, unimaginative, uninformative, unrepresentative. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, active, adaptive, addictive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, appointive, appreciative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, collaborative, collective, combative, conductive, congestive, connective, constructive, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, deceptive, defective, deliberative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, exhaustive, exploitive, facultative, festive, furtive, hyperactive, imitative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, ineffective, infective, injunctive, innovative, instinctive, instructive, interactive, introspective, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, legislative, locomotive, manipulative, meditative, motive, native, nonautomotive, nonnative, nonproductive, objective, obstructive, octave, overactive, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, predictive, preemptive, presumptive, preventive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, projective, prospective, protective, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, reproductive, respective, restive, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, seductive, selective, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, supportive, unattractive, unproductive, unreceptive, vegetative, vindictive. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-e-g-i-n-r-t-v" | |
-2 letters: degenerate, generative. | |
-3 letters: adverting, denervate, denigrate, divergent, enervated, generated, gratineed, greatened, negatived, venerated, vinegared. | |
-4 letters: agentive, averting, derating, derivate, detainee, detainer, enervate, engraved, ergative, eventide, everting, generate, gradient, gratinee, grievant, interage, inverted, negative, redating, regained, reinvade, renegade, retained, revenged, teenaged, teenager, treading, veneered, venerate, vintager. | |
-5 letters: angered, antired, arenite, avenged, avenger, averted, darting, deaving, deraign, derange, deterge, detrain, deviant, deviate, diverge, dragnet, dreeing, energid, engrave, enraged, entered, etagere, evading, everted, evident, gradine, grained, grandee, granite, granted, grantee, gratine, greaten, greaved, greened, greenie, greeted, grenade, grieved, ingrate, integer, invader, naivete, needier, negated, negater, nervate, ravened, ravined, reading, reagent, reaving, reeding, reeving, reginae, regiven, reigned, reneged, retinae, revenge, riveted, tangier, tearing, teenage, teenier, trading, trained, trainee, treeing, triaged, veering, ventage, verdant, veteran, vinegar, vintage, virgate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-e-e-g-i-n-r-t-v" | |
+5 letters: neurodegenerative. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 67 65 6E 65 72 61 74 69 76 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . --. . -. . .-. .- - .. ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01100111 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e g e n e r a t i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0067 0065 006E 0065 0072 0061 0074 0069 0076 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)387173718071846786758871 |
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