Definition of Degeniration
De*gen`er*a"tion (?), n. [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.) 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.) A gradual deterioration,
from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any
particular organ 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration.
- 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.
- A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
- The thing degenerated.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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