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Degenerative Disease

Degenerative is a fancy way of saying it gets worse—it indicates a continuous process affecting tissues or organs, which will increasingly deteriorate. In MS, it means that the damage to the central nervous system—and loss of nervous tissue—accumulates over time. Literally the opposite of "the gift that keeps on giving."