NOUN | event | retrogression, degeneration | passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form |
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act | retrogression, regression, regress, reversion, retroversion | returning to a former state |
Meaning | Passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form. | |
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Synonym | degeneration | |
Narrower | abiotrophy | A loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury |
cataplasia | (biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form | |
Broader | transformation, transmutation, shift | A qualitative change |
Spanish | degeneración | |
Catalan | degeneració |
Meaning | Returning to a former state. | |
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Synonyms | regression, regress, reversion, retroversion | |
Broader | reversal | A change from one state to the opposite state |
Spanish | regresión, retroceso | |
Catalan | regressió, retrocés | |
Verbs | retrogress | get worse or fall back to a previous condition |
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