Related Words for degenerative

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WordSyllablesCategories
chronic
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Adjective, Noun
progressive
x/x
Noun, Adjective
degeneration
xxx/x
Noun
degenerate
x/xx
Adjective
neurodegenerative
/xx/xxx
Adjective
debilitating
x/xxx
Adjective
disease
x/
Noun
atrophic
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Adjective
neurological
xx/xx
Adjective
arthritic
x/x
Adjective
sclerosis
x/x
Noun
irreversible
xx/xx
Adjective
arthritis
x/x
Noun
suppurative
x/xx
Noun
deterioration
x/xxxx
Noun
destructive
x/x
Adjective
congenital
x/xx
Adjective
erosive
x/x
Adjective
pathological
xx/xx
Adjective
spinal
/x
Adjective, Noun
avascular
x/xx
Adjective
infective
x/x
Adjective
catastrophic
xx/x
Adjective
granulomatous
x/xxx
Adjective
incurable
x/xx
Adjective
neoplastic
xx/x
Adjective
proliferative
x/xxx
Noun
infiltrative
/xxx
Adjective
dystrophic
/xx
Adjective
rheumatic
x/x
Noun
pathologic
xx/x
Adjective
ailment
/x
Noun
macular
/xx
Adjective
myelopathy
/x/xx
Noun
autoimmune
x/x
Noun
deleterious
xx/xx
Adjective
irremediable
xx/xxx
Adjective
pathologies
x/xx
Noun
demyelinating
//xxx
Noun
fibrotic
x/x
Adjective
arthropathy
/xxx
Noun
inflammatory
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
ligamentous
/x/x
Adjective
synovitis
/x/x
Noun
worsening
/xx
Verb
hyperplastic
xx/x
Adjective
articular
x/xx
Noun
malignant
x/x
Adjective
dysplastic
x/x
Adjective
ankylosis
/x/x
Noun
aberrant
x/x
Adjective
amyotrophic
xxx/x
Adjective
osseous
/xx
Adjective
neuromuscular
/x/xx
Noun
neurogenic
/x/x
Adjective
regenerative
x/xxx
Adjective
meniscal
xxx
Adjective, Noun
severe
x/
Adjective
diverticular
xx/xx
Noun
carcinogenic
xxx/x
Adjective
natural
/xx
Adjective
morbid
/x
Adjective
depressive
x/x
Adjective
pathogenetic
/xx/x
Adjective
necrotic
x/x
Adjective
mutating
/xx
Verb
geriatric
xx/x
Name
catabolic
xx/x
Noun
lymphoproliferative
xxx/xxx
Noun
biochemical
xx/xx
Adjective
entropic
//x
Adjective
typhoid
/x
Noun
spondylolisthesis
//xx/x
Noun
aging
/x
Verb
dementias
x/xx
Noun
myopia
x/xx
Noun
osteophytes
xxxx
Noun
scoliosis
/x/x
Noun
tendinitis
/x/x
Noun
changes
/x
Noun
stigmata
x/x
Noun
metabolic
xx/x
Noun
bulging
/x
Noun
vascular
/xx
Noun
lumbar
/x
Noun
cascade
x/
Noun
calcification
/xx/x
Noun
disorders
x/x
Noun
classified
/xx
Verb
atypia
x/xx
Noun
spurs
/
Noun
myopathies
x/xx
Noun
meniscus
x/x
Noun
stenosis
x/x
Noun
lesions
/x
Noun
alterations
xx/x
Noun
psychoses
xxx
Noun
discs
/
Noun
tears
/
Noun
vacuoles
/x
Noun
aneurysms
/x/x
Noun
illnesses
/xx
Noun
narrowing
/xx
Noun
feedback
/x
Noun
encephalopathy
xxx/xx
Noun
remodeling
x/xx
Noun
neuropathies
x/xx
Noun
alcoholism
/xxxx
Noun
amyloidosis
/xx/x
Noun
anaemia
x/xx
Noun
anemia
x/xx
Noun
cholestatic
x//x
Adjective
congestive
x/x
Adjective
degeneracy
x/xxx
Noun
degraded
x/x
Adjective
denaturation
xxx/x
Noun
hereditary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
idiopathic
xxx/x
Adjective
ischemic
x/x
Adjective
lymphedema
xx/x
Noun
obstructive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
posttraumatic
xx/x
Adjective
precancerous
x/xx
Adjective
premalignant
xx/x
Adjective
transsexual
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
viral
/x
Adjective, Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
dialect
/xx
Noun
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
collocation
xx/x
Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb