Definition of degeneration

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Degeneration (n.) A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type..

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Amyloid :: Amyloid (n.) The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.
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..
Necrobiosis :: Necrobiosis (n.) The death of a part by molecular disintegration and without loss of continuity, as in the processes of degeneration and atrophy..
Degeneration :: Degeneration (n.) The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration..
Cirrhotic :: Cirrhotic (a.) Pertaining to, caused by, or affected with, cirrhosis; as, cirrhotic degeneration; a cirrhotic liver..
Histolytic :: Histolytic (a.) Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues..
Degeneration :: Degeneration (n.) The thing degenerated.
Atheroma :: Atheroma (n.) A disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the arteries.
Catalysis :: Catalysis (n.) Dissolution; degeneration; decay.
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..
Caseation :: Caseation (n.) A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.
Degeneration :: 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..
Anamorphosis :: Anamorphosis (n.) A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration..
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole..
Degenerative :: Degenerative (a.) Undergoing or producing degeneration; tending to degenerate.
Rust :: Rust (n.) Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat..
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..
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration..
Colloid :: Colloid (n.) A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer.
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