See Also: microsplanchnic(medicine)

degenerative (iou) and microsplanchnic (medicine)


degenerative (iou)



degenerative adjective. M19.
[formed as DEGENERATE verb + -ATIVE.]
Of the Nature of, tending to, or associated with degeneration.
degenerative disease: characterized by progressive, often irreversible, deterioration of tissue or loss of function.

microsplanchnic (medicine)


microsplanchnic


Referring to smallness of the abdominal viscera.

Origin: micro-+ G. Splanchna, viscera