degeneration

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In the United States, age-related macular degeneration is one of the most common causes of permanent vision loss in adults who are 60 and older.

From Science Daily

Wyeth and Maxfield Parrish—retained critical and popular esteem, but most were ignored by middle-class tastemakers or maligned as conduits of cultural degeneration.

From The Wall Street Journal

One letter appears to show that Moth had previously been considered as having an "atypical form of corticobasal degeneration", but further examination suggested he may have "an even more unusual disorder, perhaps monogenetic".

From BBC

"Look around you at these monstrosities of insanity, insolence, incompetence and degeneration," he declared in his opening address.

From Salon

Her chief obstacle to more theatre work was her eyesight, she had macular degeneration, which made the stage increasingly difficult.

From BBC