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Definition of Degeneration

1. Noun. The process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality.

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

3. Noun. Passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form.

Definition of Degeneration

1. n. The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration.

Definition of Degeneration

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Degeneration

1. An effect whereby the productivity of a microbial strain used in a commercial process diminishes after repeated transfer from one culture media to another, often caused by genetic mutation. (14 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Degeneration

degenders degeneracies degeneracy degeneracy degenerate degenerate degenerated degenerately degenerateness degenerates

degenerate code degenerate configuration degenerating degeneratio degeneration (current term) degeneration (current term) degenerationist degenerations degenerative degenerative

degenerative arthritis degenerative arthritis degenerative chorea degenerative disc disease degenerative disorder degenerative index degenerative inflammation degenerative joint disease degenerative joint disease degenerative myopia

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