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Dictionary: de·gen·er·a·tive   (dĭ-jĕn'ər-ə-tĭv) pronunciation
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Of, relating to, causing, or characterized by degeneration: a degenerative disease.


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Veterinary Dictionary: degenerative
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Pertaining to or emanating from degeneration. See also arthropathy, axonopathy, encephalomalacia, degenerative joint disease, myeloencephalopathy, myopathy, osteoarthritis.

  • avian d. joint disease — common in coxofemoral joints of mature male turkeys and meat chickens.
  • d. disease — a disease in which the sole pathogenesis is degeneration; that is without the intervention of other pathogeneses, e.g. inflammation, traumatic injury, neoplasia.
  • d. joint disease — see degenerative joint disease.
  • d. left shift — an increase in immature neutrophilic granulocytes, in excess of mature cells of the series, with a normal or increased white blood cell count. A poor prognostic sign, indicating an inability of the bone marrow to respond adequately to infection.
  • d. myopathy — due to ischemia in well-conditioned cattle which are recumbent for 24 hours or more; affected muscles are pale, the serum creatine phosphokinase and glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase levels are markedly elevated for brief periods; commonly the condition is irreversible.
  • d. myopathy of turkeys — see deep pectoral myopathy.
  • d. osteoarthritis — probably inherited in cattle; degeneration with erosion of joint surfaces, especially the stifle joint, and especially in Holstein-Friesian and Jersey cattle. Lameness develops gradually in adults, accompanied by local muscle atrophy, joint enlargement.
  • d. pannus — see chronic superficial keratitis.
Translations: Degenerative
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - degenerativ, degenerations-

Nederlands (Dutch)
degeneratief, progressief en onomkeerbaar (ziekte)

Français (French)
adj. - dégénératif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Degenerations-, entartend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εκφυλιστικός

Italiano (Italian)
degenerativo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - degenerativo

Русский (Russian)
дегенеративный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - degenerativo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - degenerations-

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
退步的, 变质的, 退化的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 退步的, 變質的, 退化的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 퇴행성의, 타락한, 변질의, (지층 등의) 붕괴

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 退歩的な, 堕落した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متدهور ( صفه لحاله طبيه)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מתנוון‬


 
 
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