degeneration
(noun)
noun
1. the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
Similar word(s): devolution
Definition categories: process
2. the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
Similar word(s): decadence, decadency, degeneracy
Definition categories: state, abasement, abjection, degradation
3. passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
Similar word(s): retrogression
Definition categories: event, shift, transformation, transmutation
Sentences with degeneration as a noun:
- fatty degeneration of the liver