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单词 degenerative joint disease
释义

degenerate /di-jenˈə-rit/

adjective
  1. Having neglected the high qualities of mankind, become base, immoral, etc
  2. Of two or more quantum states, having the same energy (physics)
noun

A person who is degenerate

intransitive verb /-āt/
  1. To decline from a more moral, desirable, etc state
  2. To grow worse in quality or standard
transitive verb (Milton)

To cause to degenerate

ORIGIN: L dēgenerāre, -ātum to depart from its kind, from from, down, and genus, generis kind

degenˈeracy noun

  1. The act or process of becoming degenerate
  2. The state of being degenerate

degenˈerately adverb

degenˈerateness noun

degenˈerāting adjective

degenerāˈtion noun

  1. The act or process of degenerating
  2. The breakdown, death or decay of cells, nerve fibres, etc
  3. An evolutionary change from a complex structural form to a simpler one

degenerāˈtionist noun

Someone who believes that the tendency of human beings is not to improve, but to degenerate

degenˈerative adjective

Tending or causing to degenerate

degenˈerous adjective (obsolete)

degenerative joint disease same as osteoarthritis (see under osteo-).

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