Definition of Degenerations

1. Noun. (plural of degeneration) ¹

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Definition of Degenerations

1. degeneration [n] - See also: degeneration

Lexicographical Neighbors of Degenerations

degeneracies
degeneracy
degenerate
degenerate code
degenerate configuration
degenerate matter
degenerated
degenerately
degenerateness
degenerates
degenerating
degeneratio
degenerationist
degenerationists
degenerations (current term)
degenerative
degenerative arthritis
degenerative chorea
degenerative disc disease
degenerative disorder
degenerative index
degenerative inflammation
degenerative joint disease
degenerative myopia
degenerescence
degenerous
degenerously
degens
degerm

Literary usage of Degenerations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Injuring these, they give rise to specific degenerations (so-called system diseases). ... degenerations of the Motor Neuron Systems or of the Muscles They ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"This appendix contains an account (1) of the degenerations which have resulted from lesions of the external motor cortex alone ; (2) of the degenerations ..."

3. An Introduction to Pathology and Morbid Anatomy by Thomas Henry Green (1884)
"degenerations soon to be described. The sclerosis tends always to extend to the grey ... The secondary degenerations of the cord are frequent and important. ..."

4. Clinical Diagnosis: A Text-book of Clinical Microscopy and Clinical by Charles Phillips Emerson (1908)
"The " total" degenerations have already been described. More important than these are those partial degenerations which go under a variety of names, ..."

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