age-related macular degeneration
noun
: macular degeneration that affects the elderly in either a slowly progressing form marked especially by the accumulation of yellow deposits in and thinning of the macula or in a rapidly progressing form marked by scarring produced by bleeding and fluid leakage below the macula
—abbreviation AMD
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Mark your calendar February is health month for your heart, prenatal infections and cancer prevention, children’s dental health and age-related macular degeneration.
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Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Quitting lowers the risk of not only lung and heart disease but also age-related macular degeneration, cataracts and optic nerve damage.
—Meryl Davids Landau, Good Housekeeping, 13 Mar. 2020
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Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Quitting lowers the risk of not only lung and heart disease but also age-related macular degeneration, cataracts and optic nerve damage.
—Meryl Davids Landau, Good Housekeeping, 13 Mar. 2020
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“Age-related macular degeneration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/age-related%20macular%20degeneration. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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