degenerative disease

基本解释

Retinitis pigmentosa is a degenerative disease in which light receptors in the retina, on the back of the eyeball, gradually cease to function.
患有色素性眡網膜炎是一種退行性疾病,光接收器在眡網膜上,背麪的眼球,逐漸停止功能。
Bateman said he’s hopeful that his research on drug therapies for the bone degenerative disease osteoporosis will one day help both astronauts and cancer patients here on Earth.
貝特曼表示，他相信目前對於骨骼退化病骨質疏松症的葯物療法研究最終將造福於宇航員及癌症患者。
"There is therefore a need to take into account dietary habits when designing studies to assess the association between flavonoid-rich foods, antioxidant activity and degenerative disease," they add.
他們還補充說：“因此，在設計研究評估富含類黃酮的食物、抗氧化活性和變性疾病之間聯系時，有必要將飲食習慣考慮進去。”

Millions of people in the United States suffer from osteoarthritis, or degenerative joint disease.
In the early 1990s, Klug had been diagnosed with a rare disease known as Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC), a rare degenerative liver condition that requires a transplant.

The vast majority die at a young age, and most are never rescued from the specter of degenerative disease.
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He knew that his powers were diminishing—he disclosed last year that he was suffering from Parkinson's, a degenerative disease.
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