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degeneration

[ dih-jen-uh-rey-shuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the process of degenerating.
the condition or state of being degenerate.
Pathology.
1. a process by which a tissue deteriorates, loses functional activity, and may become converted into or replaced by other kinds of tissue.
2. the condition produced by such a process.

degeneration

/ dɪˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃən /

the process of degenerating
the state of being degenerate
biology the loss of specialization, function, or structure by organisms and their parts, as in the development of vestigial organs
1. impairment or loss of the function and structure of cells or tissues, as by disease or injury, often leading to death (necrosis) of the involved part
2. the resulting condition
electronics negative feedback of a signal

First recorded in 1475–85, degeneration is from the Late Latin word dēgenerātiōn- (stem of dēgenerātiō ). See de-, generation

Writing on stars are mostly about gossip and scandal, a degeneration into lifestyle reporting.

And in her final years, when she was blinded by macular degeneration and suffocating with emphysema, vanity left her isolated.

Two things become more likely with age, she said: degeneration and cancer.

When RPE cells die, as they do in macular degeneration, the photoreceptors begin to die, too, and the patient goes blind.

Except in this disease, the degeneration indicates a serious blood condition.

Sir John had lately noticed another degeneration, namely, in the quality of the London gas.

The degeneration of the original species is still greater in our climates.

Finally he takes to drinking and becomes a picture of degeneration.

That any degeneration might come in by the way, that the printed text might contain blunders, was not perceived.

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