Zenker's degeneration

noun

Zen·ker's degeneration | \ ˈtseŋ-kərz-, ˈzeŋ-

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Medical Definition of Zenker's degeneration

: hyaline degeneration of voluntary muscles associated with severe infectious diseases (as typhoid fever)

— called also waxy degeneration

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