This can lead to gradual deterioration of the joint.

For the United States, however, the gradual deterioration is bringing the country to a turning point.

Crowns may show gradual deterioration, or tree death may occur suddenly.

But this year, the public has witnessed the gradual deterioration of that relationship, often played out through emotionally charged debates over school policy.

The gradual deterioration of our industries is fully recorded in your business section day by day.

Immunosenescence refers to the gradual deterioration of the immune system brought on by natural age advancement.

On the one hand, persons who experience gradual deterioration of their hearing are fortunate in that they have learned to speak.

The gradual deterioration of their position inspired various reactions among the Jews.

There was a gradual deterioration I had not foreseen.

It is a gradual deterioration of many kinds of adaptive performances.