heredodegenerative

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English

Etymology

From heredo- +‎ degenerative.

Adjective

heredodegenerative (not comparable)

  1. (pathology) Both hereditary and degenerative.
    • 2015, Neera Choudhary et al., “Isolated lingual involvement in Wilson's disease”, in Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, volume 6, →DOI:
      In one of the largest series of lingual dystonia cases, Esper et al. reported that 41% of cases were secondary to medications, 18% heredodegenerative and post encephalitic, 12% generalized dystonia and 29% focal primary lingual dystonia. Similarly, tremor of the tongue can be caused by parkinsonism, alcoholism and thyrotoxicosis.