| NFD | neurofibrillary degeneration |
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| OPCD | olivopontocerebellar degeneration |
| PCD | pacer-cardioverter-defibrillator; papillary collecting duct; paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration;... |
| PRD | partial reaction of degeneration; physician relations department; postradiation dysplasia |
| RDS | Raskin Depression Scale; respiratory distress syndrome; reticuloendothelial depressing substance; rh... |
| degeneration | An effect whereby the productivity of a microbial strain used in a commercial process diminishes after repeated transfer from one culture media to another, often caused by genetic mutation. (14 Nov 1997) |
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| descending degeneration | Orthograde (wallerian) degeneration of an injured nerve fibre; i.e., distal to the lesion, degeneration caudal to the level of a spinal cord lesion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infantile neuronal degeneration | <neurology, paediatrics> Degenerative disorder of infants with widespread neuronal loss in thalamus, cerebellum, pons, and spinal cord, resembling infantile muscular atrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| olivopontocerebellar degeneration | <neurology> An inherited disease especially. Of mid to late life that is characterised by ataxia, hypotonia, dysarthria, and degeneration of the cerebellar cortex, middle cerebellar peduncles, and inferior olives. (09 Oct 1997) |
| orthograde degeneration | <medicine> A form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibres as a result of their division; so called from Dr. Waller, who published an account of it in 1850. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tapetoretinal degeneration | A hereditary disorder of the retina mainly affecting photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelium; a miscellaneous category including Friedreich's ataxia, Refsum's disease, and abetalipoproteinaemia. Synonym: primary pigmentary degeneration of retina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Terrien's marginal degeneration | A form of marginal corneal degeneration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ectatic marginal degeneration of cornea | Bilateral opacification and vascularization of the periphery of the cornea, progressing to formation of a gutter and ectasia. Synonym: ectatic marginal degeneration of cornea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| elastoid degeneration | 1. Degenerative change in elastic tissue. 2. Degeneration of collagen fibres, with altered staining properties resembling elastic tissue, or formation by fibroblast-activated ultraviolet or mast cell mediators of abnormal fibres. Synonym: elastoid degeneration, elastotic degeneration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| elastotic degeneration | 1. Degenerative change in elastic tissue. 2. Degeneration of collagen fibres, with altered staining properties resembling elastic tissue, or formation by fibroblast-activated ultraviolet or mast cell mediators of abnormal fibres. Synonym: elastoid degeneration, elastotic degeneration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transsynaptic degeneration | An atrophy of nerve cells following damage to the axons that make synaptic connection with them; noted especially in the lateral geniculate body. Synonym: transneuronal atrophy, transsynaptic chromatolysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Turck's degeneration | Degeneration of a nerve fibre and its sheath distal to the point of injury or section of the axon; usually applied to degeneration within the central nervous system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fascicular degeneration | Muscular degeneration due to loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord or brainstem. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Zenker's degeneration | A form of severe hyaline degeneration or necrosis in skeletal muscle, occurring in severe infections. Synonym: waxy degeneration, Zenker's necrosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fatty degeneration | Abnormal formation of microscopically visible droplets of fat in the cytoplasm of cells, as a result of injury. Synonym: adipose degeneration, steatosis. (05 Mar 2000) |