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.
The cause was neurological brain degeneration, said a daughter, Clare Morton.
From Washington Post
I worry about other potential symptoms — degeneration of brain capillaries, dendritic branches and synaptic connections — that contribute to decreased memory and poor decision-making.
From Los Angeles Times
Hoge has not subscribed to the highly publicized recent findings connecting head trauma in contact sports and CTE, the brain degeneration also known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
From Fox News
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