degeneration
degeneration
noun
noun
- [mass noun]the state or process of being or becoming degenerate; decline or deterioration
退化过程（状态）；恶化；堕落
overgrazing has caused serious degeneration of grassland.
过度放牧已经导致了草地严重退化。
■(Medicine)deterioration and loss of function in the cells of a tissue or organ
(医)恶化，变性
degeneration of the muscle fibres.
肌肉组织变性。
- late 15th cent.: from late Latin degeneratio(n-), from the verb degenerare (see degenerate)
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