neurodegenerative

See also: neurodégénérative

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥

Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der.

Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron)

Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der.

English neuro-

English degenerate

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English degenerative

English neurodegenerative

From neuro- + degenerative.

Adjective

neurodegenerative (comparative more neurodegenerative, superlative most neurodegenerative)

1. (neurology, pathology) Of, pertaining to, or resulting in the progressive loss of nerve cells and of neurologic function.

   neurodegenerative disease

   • 2015 December 21, Michael D. Geschwind, “Prion Diseases”, in Continuum (Minneap Minn), →DOI:

     A very rare polymorphism in the prion protein gene recently has been identified that appears to protect against prion disease; this finding, in addition to providing greater understanding of the prionlike mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders, might lead to potential treatments.

   • 2018 January 18, Jürgen Götz, “Why it’s so hard to treat dementia”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     It doesn’t help that symptoms of Alzheimer’s develop gradually and slowly and a diagnosis might only be made years after the brain has started to undergo neurodegenerative changes.

Antonyms

• neurogenerative

Derived terms

• antineurodegenerative
• neurodegeneratively

Related terms

• neurodegeneration

Translations

pertaining to the progressive loss of nerve cells

• Catalan: neurodegeneratiu (ca)
• French: neurodégénératif (fr)
• Galician: neurodexenerativo
• Greek: νευροεκφυλιστικός (el) (nevroekfylistikós)
• Italian: neurodegenerativo (it)
• Polish: neurodegeneracyjny
• Portuguese: neurodegenerativo
• Romanian: neurodegenerativ
• Slovak: neurodegeneratívny
• Spanish: neurodegenerativo
• Ukrainian: нейродегенерати́вний (nejrodeheneratývnyj)

German

Adjective

neurodegenerative

1. inflection of neurodegenerativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnɛw.ro.de.d͡ʒe.ne.raˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: neu‧ro‧de‧ge‧ne‧ra‧tì‧ve

Adjective

neurodegenerative

1. feminine plural of neurodegenerativo