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Definition of Retrogressive
1. Adjective. Going from better to worse.
Definition of Retrogressive
1. a. Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.
Definition of Retrogressive
1. Adjective. Of or relating to retrogression ¹
2. Adjective. Directed towards the rear or the past; retrograde ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Retrogressive
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Retrogressive
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1. Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Retrogressive
Literary usage of Retrogressive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Proceedings, and Addresses by National Educational Association (U.S.) (1895)
"The literal significance of the word progressive is to step or move forward, of
retrogressive is to step or move backward, and non-progressive implies that ..."
2. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"The nervous system also undergoes a very rapid retrogressive metamorphosis ; and the
... DIAGRAM SHEWING THE MODE OF ATTACHMENT AND SUBSEQUENT retrogressive ..."
3. Aristotle and the Earlier Peripatetics by Eduard Zeller (1897)
"retrogressive or retarding spheres ' as the movements they are used to obviate.
In other words, the collective motions peculiar to each planet have to be ..."
4. History of Woman Suffrage by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage (1886)
"... —Charlotte Olney French—Women Vote at Grand Mound and Black River Precincts,
1870—retrogressive Legislation, 1871—Abby H. Stuart in Land-Office— Hon. ..."
5. Text-book of the Embryology of Invertebrates by Eugen Korschelt, Karl Heider, Edward Laurens Mark, William McMichael Woodworth, Matilda Bernard, Martin Fountain Woodward (1900)
"F. Fixation and retrogressive Metamorphosis. The transformations which take place
after fixation may to some extent be considered retrogressive, ..."
6. A Text-book of general pathology for the use of students and practitioners by James Martin Beattie (1908)
"CHAPTER II GENERAL retrogressive PROCESSES WE have now to consider the application
of our knowledge of cellular physiology and pathology, not merely to the ..."
7. Armature Winding and Motor Repair: Practical Information and Data Covering by Daniel Harvey Braymer (1920)
"Cutting Out Coils of a retrogressive and Progressive Wave Winding.—In Fig.
96a is shown a portion of the winding diagram of the armature, for the case of a ..."
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