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Of, pertaining to, or resulting in the progressive loss of nerve cells and of neurologic function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, neurology, neuroscience, pathology, sciences
Examples
- neurodegenerative disease
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh1- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh1wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English degenerate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English degenerative English neurodegenerative From neuro- + degenerative.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
neurodegeneratiu
— pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells
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French:
neurodégénératif
— pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells
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Galician:
neurodexenerativo
— pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells
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Greek:
νευροεκφυλιστικός
(nevroekfylistikós)
— pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells
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Italian:
neurodegenerativo
— pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells
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Polish:
neurodegeneracyjny
— pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells
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Portuguese:
neurodegenerativo
— pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells
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Romanian:
neurodegenerativ
— pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells
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Slovak:
neurodegeneratívny
— pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells
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Spanish:
neurodegenerativo
— pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells
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Ukrainian:
нейродегенерати́вний
(nejrodeheneratývnyj)
— pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells