About The Word Retrogression
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Retrogression
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What's The Definition Of Retrogression?
[n] returning to a former state
[n] passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form Synonyms | Synonyms for Retrogression: degeneration | regress | regression | retroversion | reversion Related Terms | Find terms related to Retrogression: See Also | abiotrophy | cataplasia | reversal | shift | transformation | transmutation Retrogression In Webster's Dictionary \Re`tro*gres"sion\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]trogression.
See {Retrograde}, and cf. {Digression}.]
1. The act of retrograding, or going backward;
retrogradation.
2. (Biol.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a
lower state of organization or structure, as when an
animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly
organized than would be expected from its earlier stages
or known relationship. Called also {retrograde
development}, and {regressive metamorphism}.
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