| 单词 | degeneration |
| 释义 | degeneration (once / 3771 pages) n Degeneration is a process of decline. Anything that’s getting worse is going through degeneration. A grand old mansion that’s now abandoned and covered with weeds is in a state of degeneration. When something degenerates, it gets worse in some way, like a house that’s slowly sinking in the mud. This process of decline is called degeneration. The word is from the Latin word degenerare which means "to be inferior to one's ancestors.” Ouch. Now degeneration refers to anything in a state of decline, such as a friendship that was strong and now barely exists. WORD FAMILYdegeneration: degenerations+/degeneracy: degeneracies/degenerate: degeneracy, degenerated, degenerately, degenerates, degenerating, degeneration, degenerative USAGE EXAMPLESIn MS, inflammatory flare-ups strip neurons of their protective myelin sheaths, leaving them vulnerable to degeneration. Nature(Nov 29, 2016) An alternative theory is that progressive MS does not result from inflammation at all, but rather from the degeneration that follows the early inflammatory injury. Nature(Nov 29, 2016) The disease causes brain degeneration, emaciation, abnormal behavior, loss of bodily functions and death. Washington Times(Nov 27, 2016) 1n the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper devolution development, evolution a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) attack the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent) obsolescencethe process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date macular degenerationeye disease caused by degeneration of the cells of the macula lutea and results in blurred vision; can cause blindness AMD, age-related macular degenerationmacular degeneration that is age-related physical process, process a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states 2n the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities Syn|Hyper decadence, decadency, degeneracy abasement, abjection, degradation a low or downcast state 3n passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form Syn|Hypo|Hyper retrogression 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 shift, transformation, transmutation a qualitative change |
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