Definition of degeneration

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Degeneration (n.) 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; as, fatty degeneration of the liver..

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Colloid :: Colloid (n.) A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer.
Degenerative :: Degenerative (a.) Undergoing or producing degeneration; tending to degenerate.
Catalysis :: Catalysis (n.) Dissolution; degeneration; decay.
Uroglaucin :: Uroglaucin (n.) A body identical with indigo blue, occasionally found in the urine in degeneration of the kidneys. It is readily formed by oxidation or decomposition of indican..
Rust :: Rust (n.) Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat..
Degenerationist :: Degenerationist (n.) A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary degradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that savagery is the result of degeneration from a superior state..
Parenchymous :: Parenchymous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the parenchyma of a tissue or an organ; as, parenchymatous degeneration..
Anamorphosis :: Anamorphosis (n.) A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration..
Wallerian Degeneration :: Wallerian degeneration () A form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibers as a result of their division; -- so called from Dr. Waller, who published an account of it in 1850..
Amyloid :: Amyloid (n.) The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.
Calcification :: Calcification (n.) The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue..
Systematically :: Systematical (a.) Affecting successively the different parts of the system or set of nervous fibres; as, systematic degeneration..
Histolytic :: Histolytic (a.) Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues..
Degeneration :: Degeneration (n.) The thing degenerated.
Degeneration :: Degeneration (n.) The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration..
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole..
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration..
Adipocere :: Adipocere (n.) A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration..
Caseation :: Caseation (n.) A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
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