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degenerative disease

disorder characterized by the progressive loss of function and/or structure of the affected tissues
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degenerative disease

Summary

degenerative disease ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • degenerative disease is a type of progressive illness[2].
  • degenerative disease's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Degenerative diseases and disorders[3].
  • degenerative disease's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[4].
  • degenerative disease's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 796.4[5].
  • degenerative disease's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C27090[6].

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Definition and Type

degenerative disease is a type of progressive illness[2].

Why It Matters

degenerative disease ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Degenerative diseases and disorders
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Svkkl authority id → 0336758-degenerativni-nemoci
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0336758-degenerativni-nemoci, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259498|batch #259498]]"
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