Associations to the word «Degenerative»

Wiktionary

DEGENERATIVE, adjective. Characterized by or causing degeneration.

Dictionary definition

DEGENERATIVE, adjective. (of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function; "degenerative diseases of old age".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats