macular degeneration

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

   Broadereye diseasedegeneration

   Narrowerage-related macular degeneration

Questions about macular degeneration

What does macular degeneration mean?

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

Is macular degeneration a common word?

macular degeneration is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.