neurodegenerative

From neuro- +‎ degenerative.

neurodegenerative (comparative more neurodegenerative, superlative most neurodegenerative)

1. (neurology, pathology) Of, pertaining to, or resulting in the progressive loss of nerve cells and of neurologic function.
   • 2015 December 21, Michael D. Geschwind, “Prion Diseases”, in Continuum (Minneap Minn), →DOI:

     A very rare polymorphism in the prion protein gene recently has been identified that appears to protect against prion disease; this finding, in addition to providing greater understanding of the prionlike mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders, might lead to potential treatments.

   • 2018 January 18, Jürgen Götz, “Why it’s so hard to treat dementia”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     It doesn’t help that symptoms of Alzheimer’s develop gradually and slowly and a diagnosis might only be made years after the brain has started to undergo neurodegenerative changes.

• neurogenerative

• neurodegenerative disease

neurodegenerative

1. inflection of neurodegenerativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

• IPA^(key): /ˌnɛw.ro.de.d͡ʒe.ne.raˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: neu‧ro‧de‧ge‧ne‧ra‧tì‧ve

neurodegenerative

1. feminine plural of neurodegenerativo