Definitions from Wiktionary (degeneration)
▸ noun: (uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
▸ noun: (uncountable) 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.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
▸ noun: (countable) A thing that has degenerated.
macular degeneration,
fatty degeneration,
Wallerian degeneration,
retinal degeneration,
axonal degeneration,
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▸ noun: (uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
▸ noun: (uncountable) 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.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
▸ noun: (countable) A thing that has degenerated.
Similar:
degeneracy,
retrogression,
deterioration,
degradation,
degenerateness,
depravation,
decay,
deteriority,
decayedness,
degradingness,
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macular,
cystic,
related,
malignant,
retinal,
progressive,
hyaline,
amyloid,
axonal,
moral,
granular
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