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has gloss	(noun) passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form degeneration, retrogression
has gloss	eng: Degeneration is deterioration in the medical sense. Generally, it is the change from a higher to a lower form. More specifically, it is the change of tissue to a lower or less functionally active form. True degeneration: when there is actual chemical change of the tissue itself. Infiltration: when the change consists of the deposit of abnormal matter in the tissues Degenerative disease See also macular degeneration *neurodegenerative disease References Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (Twenty-sixth Edition) (ISBN 0-7216-1645-3)
lexicalization	eng: degeneration
lexicalization	eng: retrogression
subclass of	(noun) a qualitative change shift, transmutation, transformation
has subclass	(noun) a loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury abiotrophy
has subclass	(noun) (biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form cataplasia

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