degeneration
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Medicines can ease symptoms and help manage complications, but they cannot reverse the underlying degeneration of the mitral valve.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
"Post-traumatic osteoarthritis is driven in part by persistent inflammation that limits tissue repair and accelerates joint degeneration," Roy adds.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Better models could help scientists produce healthier photoreceptor cells for future cell replacement therapies targeting diseases such as macular degeneration, which currently has no cure.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
That doctor looked at the back of Kekoa’s eyes and diagnosed him with myopic degeneration, a dramatic form of nearsightedness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026
It was tragic, Ridgeway said, to see the degeneration that can happen in just one generation, but money does that to a family sometimes.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Vocabulary lists containing degeneration
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