degeneration
the process of degenerating.
the condition or state of being degenerate.
Pathology.
a process by which a tissue deteriorates, loses functional activity, and may become converted into or replaced by other kinds of tissue.
the condition produced by such a process.
Origin of degeneration
1Other words from degeneration
- non·de·gen·er·a·tion, noun
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How to use degeneration in a sentence
Over the years, Sullivan Ramirez herself has struggled with nerve degeneration and scleroderma, a rare condition that involves the tightening of the skin and connective tissues.
Poison in the Air | by Lylla Younes, Ava Kofman, Al Shaw and Lisa Song, with additional reporting by Maya Miller, photography by Kathleen Flynn for ProPublica | November 2, 2021 | ProPublicaQuiroz has also identified a woman with a protective genetic mutation that kept her from developing cognitive impairments and brain degeneration even though her brain showed high levels of amyloid, a protein implicated in Alzheimer’s development.
Eight ways scientists are unwrapping the mysteries of the human brain | Hannah Thomasy | August 25, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe brain slowly undergoes degeneration in a way similar to aging.
Breakthrough NASA Study Discovers Surprising Key to Astronauts’ Health in Space | Shelly Fan | December 2, 2020 | Singularity HubMeanwhile, Staahl was looking at treatment for disorders that specifically lead to neural degeneration – something that had not previously been part of Doudna’s lab’s research prior to him joining.
Scribe Therapeutics launches a platform for engineering CRISPR-based therapeutics | Darrell Etherington | October 6, 2020 | TechCrunchUnfortunately this is the degeneration of synaptic junctions and the inability of growing new neurons.
How Psilocybin Can Save the Environment - Issue 90: Something Green | Mark MacNamara | September 30, 2020 | Nautilus
Writing on stars are mostly about gossip and scandal, a degeneration into lifestyle reporting.
Scarlett Johansson is an Alien Seductress in ‘Under the Skin’ | Jimmy So | April 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd in her final years, when she was blinded by macular degeneration and suffocating with emphysema, vanity left her isolated.
Understanding Diana Vreeland, ‘Empress of Fashion’ | Robin Givhan | November 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTTwo things become more likely with age, she said: degeneration and cancer.
World Science Festival: Can We Really Live to 1,000? | Casey Schwartz | June 5, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen 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.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddSir John had lately noticed another degeneration, namely, in the quality of the London gas.
With Edged Tools | Henry Seton MerrimanThe degeneration of the original species is still greater in our climates.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonFinally he takes to drinking and becomes a picture of degeneration.
The Range Boss | Charles Alden SeltzerThat any degeneration might come in by the way, that the printed text might contain blunders, was not perceived.
The Age of Erasmus | P. S. Allen
British Dictionary definitions for 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
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
the resulting condition
electronics negative feedback of a signal
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