変へん性せい疾しっ患かん

noun

degenerative disease

Medical term for a disease characterized by progressive deterioration of tissue or organ function.

• アルツハイマー病びょうは代だい表ひょう的てきな変へん性せい疾しっ患かんの一ひとつです。

  Alzheimer's disease is one of the typical degenerative diseases.

• 変へん性せい疾しっ患かんの治ち療りょう法ほうはまだ確かく立りつされていない場ば合あいが多おおい。

  In many cases, treatments for degenerative diseases have not yet been established.