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AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Macular degeneration that is age-related

Synonyms:

age-related macular degeneration; AMD

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("age-related macular degeneration" is a kind of...):

macular degeneration (eye disease caused by degeneration of the cells of the macula lutea and results in blurred vision; can cause blindness)

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 Context examples: 

Dr. Chew leads the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS), which was designed to investigate a combination of nutritional supplements for slowing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of vision loss.

(Study shows no benefit of omega-3 or other nutritional supplements for cognitive decline, NIH)

The findings point to potential therapies for controlling inflammation and slowing progression of rare retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

(Immune cells in the retina can spontaneously regenerate, National Institutes of Health)

Also called age-related macular degeneration, ARMD, and macular degeneration.

(AMD, NCI Dictionary)

Also called age-related macular degeneration, AMD, and macular degeneration.

(ARMD, NCI Dictionary)