Look up: Degeneration


  1. degeneration
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dē-jen′ĕr-ā′shŭn Definitions: 1. Deterioration; passing from a higher to a lower level or type. 2. A worsening of mental, physical, or moral qualities. 3. A retrogressive pathologic change in cells or tissues in consequence of which their fun...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=23273

  2. degeneration
    [n] - the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality 2. [n] - passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=degeneration

  3. Degeneration
    De·gen`er·a'tion noun [ Confer French dégénération .] 1. The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration. « Our degeneration and apostasy...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/25

  4. degeneration
    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) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?degeneration

  5. degeneration
    retrogression noun passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=degeneration

  6. degeneration
    devolution noun the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=degeneration

  7. degeneration
    (de-jen″әr-a´shәn) deterioration; change from a higher to a lower form, especially change of tissue to a less functionally active form. When there is chemical change of the tissue itself, it is true degeneration; when the change consists in the deposit of abnormal matter in the ti...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001



  1. Degeneration
    • (n.) The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration. • (n.) The thing degenerated. • (n.) A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or o...
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  2. Degeneration
    [medical] Degeneration is deterioration in the medical sense. Generally, it is the change from a higher to a lower form. More specifically, it is the change of tissue to a lower or less functionally active form. Dorland`s Illustrated Medical Dictionary (Twenty-sixth Edition) (ISBN 0-7216-164...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degeneration_(medical)

  3. Degeneration
    [mathematics] The result of the debate was delete. Kirill Lokshin 01:28, 6 November 2005 (UTC) ===Ferret Crossing=== Delete per nomination; nn site. LichYoshi 14:13, 31 October 2005 (UTC) ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degeneration_(mathematics)

  4. Degeneration
    The idea of degeneration had significant influence on science, art and politics from the 1850s to the 1950s. The social theory developed consequently from Charles Darwin`s Theory of Evolution. Evolution meant that mankind`s development was no longer fixed and certain, but could change and evolve or...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degeneration

  5. Degeneration
    Degeneration refers to the process by which tissue deteriorates and loses its functional ability due to traumatic injury, aging and wear and tear. While degeneration affects all tissues of the body, the natural degenerative process can particularly affect the vertebral discs and joints of the spine,...
    Found op http://www.spine-health.com/glossary/d/degeneration

  6. Degeneration
    [Max Nordau] Degeneration (Entartung, 1892), was Max Nordau`s major work. It is a moralistic attack on so-called degenerate art, as well as a polemic against the effects of a range of rising social phenomena of the period, such as rapid urbanization and its perceived effects on the human bod...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degeneration_(Max_Nordau)

  7. Degeneration
    [disambiguation] The term degeneration can refer to: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degeneration_(disambiguation)

  8. degeneration
    1) Devolution 2) Process 3) What a brooklyn guy blames today's problems on
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/degeneration/1

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