degenerative joint disease
Americannoun
noun
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Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that affects about one in five adults in the United States and generates an estimated $65 billion each year in direct health care costs.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 20, 2026
Osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease that causes pain and stiffness, typically affects older people, but can strike at any age.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2025
“He had been receiving medical treatments for several age-related conditions including heart disease, degenerative joint disease, and kidney disease,” the park said on Facebook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2024
As Augusta aged, she suffered degenerative joint disease; by the time she was 9, she limped upstairs, and soon, despite an anti-inflammatory medication, she could no longer jump on the bed.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2017
Due to the poor blood supply to the scaphoid bone, healing will be slow and there is the danger of bone necrosis and subsequent degenerative joint disease of the wrist.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
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