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heredodegenerative

heredodegenerative adjective: both hereditary and degenerative.

Adjective

heredodegenerative (not comparable)

  1. Both hereditary and degenerative.
    • In one of the largest series of lingual dystonia cases, Esper et al. reported that 41% of cases were secondary to medications, 18% heredodegenerative and post encephalitic, 12% generalized dystonia and 29% focal primary lingual dystonia. Similarly, tremor of the tongue can be caused by...2015, Neera Choudhary et al., “Isolated lingual involvement in Wilson's disease”, in Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, volume 6, →DOI

Origin of heredodegenerative

From heredo- + degenerative.

Questions about heredodegenerative

What does heredodegenerative mean?
Heredodegenerative means both hereditary and degenerative.
What part of speech is heredodegenerative?
Heredodegenerative is an adjective.

Words near heredodegenerative in the dictionary

  1. hereditivity
  2. heredity
  3. heredoalcoholism
  4. heredoc
  5. heredocs
  6. heredodegenerative
  7. heredofamilial
  8. heredofamiliality
  9. heredolues
  10. heredoluetic
  11. heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis

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