Degenerative

What do we mean by degenerative?

Of, relating to, causing, or characterized by degeneration. adjective

Tending to degenerate; of the nature of degeneration.

Undergoing or producing degeneration; tending to degenerate. adjective

Characterized by or causing degeneration. adjective

(of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function adjective

Characterized by or causing degeneration.

Words that are spelled similarly to degenerative:
degenerative, regenerative, degenerate, degeneration, generative, degenerating.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word degenerative:
spondylolisthesis, myelopathy, osteoarthritis, arthritis, stenosis, ataxia, macular, cte, degeneration, alzheimer, rheumatoid, articular, neurological, sclerosis, spinal, lumbar, diseases, rotator, dementia, meniscus, osteoporosis, retinal, atherosclerosis, amyloid, atrophy, incurable, disease, deformity, vertebra, als, corneal, encephalopathy, cartilage, retina, spine, cornea, cervical, inflammatory, facet, cuff, inflammation, blindness, joints, autoimmune, disorder, aortic, abnormal, nervous, collagen, traumatic, impairment, congenital, trauma, cloning, aging, cord, bony, condition, chronic, nerve, tendon, ligament, disc, affects, eyesight, pathology, knee, brain, dysfunction, bone, systemic, metabolic, lesions, discs, lateral, vascular, accumulation, tears, tissues, muscle, surgical, syndrome, illness, muscular, eye, artery, symptoms, diabetes, neurons, wheelchair, joint, cerebral, affecting, pain, neural, hip, instability, peripheral, anterior, surgery.

Words that rhyme with degenerative:
generative, degenerate of.

Adjectives that are often used to describe degenerative:
chronic, more, inherently, progressive, miscellaneous, likely, infectious, hereditary, secondary, most, early.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective degenerative:
changes, disease, diseases, arthritis, process, processes, change, disorders, conditions, lesions, dementia, disorder, spondylolisthesis, condition, effects, atrophy, stenosis, osteoarthritis, type, alterations, dementias, lesion, feedback, phenomena, myopia, complications, illness, scoliosis, tears, illnesses, phase, arthrosis, spondylosis, reaction, arthropathy, disc, phenomenon, neuritis, reactions, signs, tendencies, pathology, calcification, retinoschisis, cysts, joint, evolution, tendency, shift, syndromes, syndrome, abnormalities, discs, aneurysms, spine, cascade, foci, instability, myelopathy, psychoses, joints, stigmata, cartilage, neuropathy, nephritis, disk, encephalopathy, alteration, inflammation.

Consonant match to degenerative:
degenerate of.

Words that sound like degenerative:
degenerative, degenerating, degenerately, degenerate, degenerates, degenerated, regenerative, diminutive, diffinitive, degeneracy, degenerous, originative.