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Definition of Degeneracy

1. Noun. The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities.

2. Noun. Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles. "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"

Definition of Degeneracy

1. n. The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse.

Definition of Degeneracy

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Medical Definition of Degeneracy

1. The coding of a single amino acid by more than one base triplet (codon). Of the 64 possible codons, three are used for stop signals, leaving 61 for only 20 amino acids. Since all codons can be assigned to amino acids, it is clear that many amino acids must be coded by several different codons, in some cases as many as six. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Degeneracy

degassers degasses degassing degauss degaussed degausser degaussers degausses degaussing degender

degendered degendering degenders degeneracies degeneracy (current term) degeneracy (current term) degenerate degenerate degenerated degenerately

degenerateness degenerates degenerate code degenerate configuration degenerating degeneratio degeneration degeneration degenerationist degenerations

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