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单词 age-related macular degeneration
释义

age-related macular degeneration

noun

: macular degeneration that affects the elderly in either a slowly progressing form marked especially by the accumulation of yellow deposits in and thinning of the macula or in a rapidly progressing form marked by scarring produced by bleeding and fluid leakage below the macula
abbreviation AMD

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Quitting lowers the risk of not only lung and heart disease but also age-related macular degeneration, cataracts and optic nerve damage. Meryl Davids Landau, Good Housekeeping, 13 Mar. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

age-related macular degeneration

noun

: macular degeneration that affects the elderly in either a slowly progressing form marked especially by the accumulation of yellow deposits in and thinning of the macula or in a rapidly progressing form marked by scarring produced by bleeding and fluid leakage below the macula
abbreviation AMD
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