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macular degeneration
noun(macular degeneration)
progressive deterioration of the macula resulting in a gradual loss of the central part of the visual field; especially : age-related macular degeneration
macular degeneration
noun(macular degeneration)
macular degeneration that affects the elderly in either a slowly progressing form marked especially by the accumulation of yellow deposits in and thinning of the macula or in a rapidly progressing form marked by scarring produced by bleeding and fluid leakage below the macula —abbreviation AMD

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