Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun macular_degeneration

1 sense of macular degeneration

Sense 1
macular degeneration -- (eye disease caused by degeneration of the cells of the macula lutea and results in blurred vision; can cause blindness)
       => eye disease -- (any disease of the eye)
       => degeneration, devolution -- (the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality)