degeneration

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. (countable, uncountable, usually) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
2. (uncountable, usually) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure.
3. (uncountable, usually) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
4. (countable, usually) A thing that has degenerated.

Έννοιες

εκφυλισμός

εκφύλιση

Συνώνυμα

deterioration

degeneracy

decadence

decay

corruption

retrogression

devolution

decline

decadency

laxness

downfall

ruin

depravation

depravity

impairment

disintegration

exacerbation

decrease

degradation

atrophy

regression

change in quality

degenerative disease

aggravation

denaturization

alteration

backslide

debasement

decrepitude

degenerate

demoralization

denaturation

dilapidation

diminution

distortion

enfeeblement

fall

perversion

putrefy

radioactive decay

transformation

transmutation

weakening

worsening

growing worse

Μεταφράσεις

dégénération

degenerazione

degeneración

degeneração

Degeneration

dégénérescence

Entartung

degeneració

décadence

Verschlechterung

Verfall

détérioration

Gegenkopplung

Dekadenz

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/dɪˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From French dégénération, from Latin dēgenerātiō.