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DEGENERATIONS
Noun
degenerations
plural of degeneration
Source: Wiktionary
DEGENERATION
De*gen`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dégénération.]
1. The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration. Our degeneration and apostasy. Bates.
2. (Physiol.)
Definition: 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.
3. (Biol.)
Definition: A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
4. The thing degenerated. [R.] Cockle, aracus, . . . and other degenerations. Sir T. Browne. Amyloid degeneration, Caseous degeneration, etc. See under Amyloid, Caseous, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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