dégénérescence — meaning in English
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English meaning
- degeneration noun The process of becoming worse, weaker, or less functional over time.
Senses
dégénérescence is used for these senses in English:
- degeneration (uncountable) 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.
- degeneration (uncountable) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.