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Degenerative disease

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-002341

A disease in which the function or structure of the affected tissues or organs changes for the worse over time. Osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer disease are examples.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-002341
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-002341",
  "term": "Degenerative disease",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A disease in which the function or structure of the affected tissues or organs changes for the worse over time. Osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer disease are examples.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/degenerative-disease/"
}

Record 5,781 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.