degeneration
Betekenis (Engels)
- (countable, uncountable, usually) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
- (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.
- (uncountable, usually) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
- (countable, usually) A thing that has degenerated.
Concepten
Synoniemen
change in quality
degenerative disease
transmutation
growing worse
Vertalingen
degenerazione
dégénération
degeneración
degeneração
Degeneration
εκφυλισμός
degeneracióFrequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/dɪˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/
Etymologie (Engels)
From French dégénération, from Latin dēgenerātiō.
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