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nounpassing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
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nounthe state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
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nounthe process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
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- caldwell United States author remembered for novels about poverty and degeneration (1903-1987)
- atrophy any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
- withering any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
- amd macular degeneration that is age-related
- dysgenics the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced
- cacogenics the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced
- werdnig-hoffman disease autosomal recessive disease in which the degeneration of spinal nerve cells and brain nerve cells leads to atrophy of skeletal muscles and flaccid paralysis; death usually occurs in early childhood
- spinocerebellar disorder any of several congenital disorders marked by degeneration of the cerebellum and spinal cord resulting in spasticity and ataxia
- erskine preston caldwell United States author remembered for novels about poverty and degeneration (1903-1987)
- dysgenic pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced