degenerative
adjective/dɪˈdʒenərətɪv/
/dɪˈdʒenərətɪv/
(specialist)- (of an illness) getting or likely to get worse as time passes
- degenerative diseases such as arthritis
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDegenerative is used with these nouns:- arthritis
- condition
- disease
- …
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