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Degeneration

Degeneration Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Degeneration? [n] passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form [n] the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality [n] the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities Synonyms \| Synonyms for Degeneration: decadence \| decadency \| degeneracy \| devolution \| retrogression Related Terms \| Find terms related to Degeneration: abandon \| abandonment \| abjection \| about-face \| accommodation \| adaptation \| adjustment \| alteration \| amelioration \| apostasy \| atrophy \| betterment \| break \| change \| change of heart \| changeableness \| closed loop \| closed sequence \| comedown \| constructive change \| continuity \| conversion \| corruptedness \| corruption \| corruptness \| current-control circuit \| debasement \| decadence \| decadency \| declension \| declination \| decline \| defection \| deformation \| degeneracy \| degenerateness \| degenerative change \| degradation \| demoralization \| demotion \| depravation \| depravedness \| depravity \| depreciation \| derogation \| descent \| deterioration \| deviation \| devolution \| difference \| discontinuity \| dissoluteness \| divergence \| diversification \| diversion \| diversity \| downfall \| downgrade \| downtrend \| downturn \| downward mobility \| downward trend \| drop \| dying \| ebb \| effeteness \| fading \| failing \| failure \| failure of nerve \| fall \| falling-off \| feedback \| fitting \| flip-flop \| flip-flop circuit \| gradual change \| improvement \| involution \| lapse \| loss of tone \| melioration \| mitigation \| modification \| modulation \| moral pollution \| moral turpitude \| overthrow \| perversion \| positive feedback \| process loop \| profligacy \| qualification \| quality loop \| radical change \| realignment \| re-creation \| redesign \| reform \| reformation \| regression \| remaking \| renewal \| reprobacy \| reshaping \| restructuring \| retrocession \| retrogradation \| retrogression \| reversal \| reversed feedback \| revival \| revivification \| revolution \| rottenness \| shift \| slippage \| slump \| sudden change \| switch \| total change \| transition \| turn \| turnabout \| turpitude \| upheaval \| variation \| variety \| violent change \| wane \| worsening See Also \| abasement \| abiotrophy \| abjection \| attack \| cataplasia \| degradation \| obsolescence \| process \| shift \| transformation \| transmutation Degeneration In Webster's Dictionary \Degen`era"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]g['e]n['e]ration.] 1. The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration. Our degeneration and apostasy. --Bates. 2. (Physiol.) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure; as, fatty degeneration of the liver. 3. (Biol.) A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type. 4. The thing degenerated. [R.] Cockle, aracus, . . . and other degenerations. --Sir T. Browne. {Amyloid degeneration}, {Caseous degeneration}, etc. See under {Amyloid}, {Caseous}, etc.

Degeneration Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Degeneration?

[n] passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
[n] the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
[n] the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

Degeneration In Webster's Dictionary

\De*gen`er*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
d['e]g['e]n['e]ration.]
1. The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having
   become worse; decline; degradation; debasement;
   degeneracy; deterioration.

         Our degeneration and apostasy.        --Bates.

2. (Physiol.) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which
   its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a
   substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure;
   as, fatty degeneration of the liver.

3. (Biol.) A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of
   any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or
   organs; hereditary degradation of type.

4. The thing degenerated. [R.]

         Cockle, aracus, . . . and other degenerations. --Sir
                                               T. Browne.

{Amyloid degeneration}, {Caseous degeneration}, etc. See
   under {Amyloid}, {Caseous}, etc.

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