age-relatedadj.
/ˌeɪdʒrᵻˈleɪtᵻd/, /ˈeɪdʒrᵻˌleɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌeɪdʒrəˈleɪdᵻd/, /ˈeɪdʒrəˌleɪdᵻd/ Related to or associated with age, esp. advancing age.
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1942 N.Y. Times 9 Aug. ii. 5/8 A carefully planned wage structure..starts with a low initial wage and rises by smooth age-related increments to the adult minimum.
1971 Brit. Med. Bull. 27 87/1 Osteophytosis..appears to be a universally distributed age-related characteristic.
1988 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 31 Mar. 818/2 Age-related bone loss is more rapid in women than men.
1991 National Trust Mag. Spring 42/1 (advt.) It even accepts the over 65's. However, there is a once-only age related joining fee.
2010 Nature 25 Mar. 462/1 There is much interest in the potential of sirtuin activators such as resveratrol..to treat age-related diseases.
Compounds
age-related allowance n. chiefly British a tax allowance or other financial benefit available to people of a particular age, esp. old age pensioners; cf. age allowance n. at age n. Compounds 2.
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1973 Sel. Comm. Tax-credit 352 in Parl. Papers 1972–3 XXXIV. 105 The date of birth of the child is already ascertained and it would seem relatively simple to programme the computer to calculate age-related allowances.
1976 Hansard Commons 13 May 714 If any political party had stood up two years ago and said that it was going to reduce the value of the child tax allowance and the age-related allowance in pensions, certainly it would not have been elected.
2012 Express (Nexis) 26 June 2 Pensioners' groups have reacted angrily to the phasing out of age-related allowances, known as the granny tax.
age-related macular degeneration n. Medicine a disorder of the eye occurring in older adults, characterized by degeneration of the retinal pigment epithelium and the photoreceptors of the macula lutea, and resulting in distortion or loss of central vision; abbreviated AMD.Age-related macular degeneration occurs in two forms, dry and wet; the latter is additionally characterized by leakage from newly formed blood vessels in the choroid.
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1995 N.Y. Times 21 Feb. c11/1 Still other carotenoids..found in green leafy vegetables like spinach, collards and kale, may be the leading protectors against age-related macular degeneration.
2006 Zest Jan. 16/2 Smoking is a major factor in age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of sight loss in Britain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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