Zen·ker's degeneration
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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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“Zenker's degeneration.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/Zenker%27s%20degeneration. Accessed 16 Oct. 2021.
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