DegenerationWordNet Explorer

passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form

a qualitative change

a loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury

(biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form

the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality

a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states

the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)

the process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date