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This overview explores the historical context and clinical meaning of age-related macular degeneration, suggesting a need for further research.
The term age-related macular degeneration (AMD) was introduced in 1984.1 Before this, terms such as senile (disciform) macular degeneration, disciform degeneration, involutional macular degeneration, senile amblyopia, and Kuhnt-Junius macular degeneration were used.2 Clinicians quickly adopted the term AMD and have applied it all too frequently, going as far as using it to describe any degeneration of the macula in individuals older than 50 to 60 years, provided that no other distinctive cause is evident.
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