neurodegenerative
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resulting in the progressive loss of nerve cells and of neurologic function.
Example Sentences
- "neurodegenerative disease"
- "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."
- "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."
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.
Inflected Forms
more neurodegenerative (comparative)
most neurodegenerative (superlative)