Usually means: Deterioration of function over time.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. degenerative: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. degenerative: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. degenerative: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. degenerative: Collins English Dictionary
  5. degenerative: Vocabulary.com
  6. Degenerative, degenerative: Wordnik
  7. degenerative: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. degenerative: Wiktionary
  9. degenerative: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. degenerative: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. degenerative: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. degenerative: Dictionary.com
  13. Degenerative: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Degenerative: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. degenerative: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. degenerative: Rhymezone
  17. degenerative: Free Dictionary
  18. degenerative: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. degenerative: Dictionary/thesaurus
  20. Degenerative: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. degenerative: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. degenerative: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  3. degenerative: Medical dictionary
  4. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)

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adjective:  Characterized by or causing degeneration.

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