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degeneration

English

Etymology

From French dégénération, from Latin d?gener?ti?.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??d??n???e???n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n
  • Hyphenation: de?gen?er?ation

Noun

degeneration (usually uncountable, plural degenerations)

  1. (uncountable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
  2. (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.
    fatty degeneration of the liver
  3. (uncountable) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
  4. (countable) A thing that has degenerated.

Synonyms

  • (process or state of growing worse): decline, degradation, debasement, degeneracy, deterioration
  • (gaming slang): nerf

Related terms

  • degenerate

Translations

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caseation

English

Noun

caseation (countable and uncountable, plural caseations)

  1. (pathology) A necrotic degeneration of tissue to a cheese-like condition.

Related terms

  • caseate

Anagrams

  • aconitase

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