degenerative

As human cells grow older or are harmed by degenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, or by exposure to harmful agents like chemotherapy drugs, their ability to generate energy steadily drops.

Across the globe, a wide range of animals, including household pets, livestock, and marine species, are developing serious health problems such as cancer, obesity, diabetes, and degenerative joint disease.

Paralyzed and in severe pain from cerebral palsy and degenerative arthritis, she checked into a California hospital with the intention of starving herself.

Osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disorder that affects more than 500 million people globally, is the leading cause of disability among older adults.

Rilkean memory helps explain a phenomenon that caretakers of people with degenerative brain diseases know intimately.