AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does age-related macular degeneration mean? 

• AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION (noun)
  The noun AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION has 1 sense:

1. macular degeneration that is age-related

  Familiarity information: AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Macular degeneration that is age-related

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

age-related macular degeneration; AMD

Hypernyms ("age-related macular degeneration" is a kind of...):

macular degeneration (eye disease caused by degeneration of the cells of the macula lutea and results in blurred vision; can cause blindness)

 Context examples 

National Eye Institute scientists led a collaborative study and zeroed in on genes associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of vision loss and blindness among people age 65 and older.

(New study about genes linked to age-related macular degeneration, National Institutes of Health)

Variations in the promoter of the gene are associated with age-related macular degeneration type 7.

(HTRA1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with both amyloidosis type 6 and age-related macular degeneration type 11.

(CST3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called age-related macular degeneration, AMD, and ARMD.

(Macular Degeneration, NCI Dictionary)

Macular degeneration, or age-related macular degeneration (AMD), is a leading cause of vision loss in Americans 60 and older.

(Macular Degeneration, NIH: National Eye Institute)

In previous studies, activation of the complement system, which mediates some aspects of inflammation, worsens damage in age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in people age 65 years and older.

(Immune system can slow degenerative eye disease, National Institutes of Health)

Using a novel patient-specific stem cell-based therapy, researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) prevented blindness in animal models of geographic atrophy, the advanced dry form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

(Researchers rescue photoreceptors, prevent blindness in animal models of retinal degeneration, National Institutes of Health)

Eating a calcium-rich diet or taking calcium supplements does not appear to increase the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to the findings of a study.

(No evidence that calcium increases risk of age-related macular degeneration, National Institutes of Health)

Mutation of the gene is associated with basal laminar drusen, complement factor H deficiency, hemolytic uremic syndrome atypical type 1, and age-related macular degeneration type 4.

(CFH wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Age-related macular degeneration is most often seen in people who are over the age of 50.

(Age-related macular degeneration, NCI Dictionary)