age-related macular degeneration
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- noun
- /ˈeɪdʒ rɪˈleɪtɪd ˈmækjʊlər dɪˌɡɛnəˈreɪʃən/
- Specialized
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degeneración macular relacionada con la edad
- Patients who have age-related macular degeneration lose their central vision.
- age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
- age-related macular degeneration (ARMD)
- patients suffering from age-related macular degeneration
Examples
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Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) is one of the leading causes of irreversible visual impairment in Western societies.
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Two other teams are working on different approaches to helping patients suffering from age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa.
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We talked about your vision and the diagnosis of age-related macular degeneration during your last visit.
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Because most older adults have age-related macular degeneration, they usually require eccentric viewing training.
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Carotenoids have been linked with the prevention of eye disorders, such as age-related macular degeneration and cataracts.
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Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) is a leading cause of blindness in this country.
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Among Americans who are 55 or older, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is reported to be a leading cause of blindness and vision impairment.
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Many older adults experience difficulty reading due to age-related macular degeneration.
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Doctors recommend regular eye exams to detect age-related macular degeneration early.
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Age-related macular degeneration is a leading cause of vision impairment in seniors.
Synonyms
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An eye disease that slowly damages the center of the eye and causes loss of central vision in older people
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Loss of central vision when the part of the eye that sees fine detail gets weak
How Severe
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Surface Forms
Morphology
age-related + macular + degeneration
The phrase is a straightforward composition of 'age-related' (caused by aging) + 'macular' (relating to the macula, the central retina) + 'degeneration' (deterioration), so a learner who knows those constituents can infer it means deterioration of the macula due to age. Though medical/technical, the meaning follows normal compositional patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent.
Etymology
Age-related macular degeneration literally means the degeneration of the macular part of the eye, the 'macula', as people get older, so it means losing 'central vision'.