English words for 'microscopic degeneration'
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- (pathology) A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue.
- A transformation, such as one performed by magic.
- (biology) A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog).
- A noticeable change in character, appearance, function, or condition.
- a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
- a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
- the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
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- Initialism of degenerative disc disease.
- (software architecture) Initialism of domain-driven design (“methodology and set of priorities for object oriented programming”).
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (“insecticide related to DDT”).
- Initialism of die-deterioration doubling (“a common form of mint-made error on coins that results from degradation of the die used to strike the coin”).
- (pharmacology) Initialism of defined daily dose: a statistical measure of drug consumption.
- (telecommunications) Initialism of direct distance dialing (“network-provided service that enables non-local telephone calls to be made without operator assistance”).
- (sound engineering) A designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating a "full digital recording" (recorded, mixed and mastered in digital).
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- any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue
- (geology) The process of the strengthening of rocks by heating, compaction or cementation, or a combination thereof.
- (medicine, dermatology, by extension) An area or part of the body that has undergone such a reaction.
- Hardness.
- The process of becoming hard.
- An enduring presence; fixity.
- (medicine) A hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or neoplastic infiltration.
- (geology) The quality of nonfriability; the extent to which a rock does not crumble; rock strength.
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- The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
- Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
- (geology) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
- The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society
- Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
- The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
- A deleterious change in the chemical structure, physical properties or appearance of a material from natural or artificial exposure.
- The gradual breakdown of components of a material, as a result of a natural element, i.e.: heat, cold and wind.
- changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
- a low or downcast state
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- (gerontology) Old age; accumulated damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.
- (botany) Fruit senescence, leading to ripening of fruit.
- (biology) The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age.
- (cytology, of a cell) Condition when the cell ceases to divide.
- (cytology) Ceasing to divide by mitosis because of shortening of telomeres or excessive DNA damage.
- the property characteristic of old age
- the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
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- (derogatory) Degeneration.
- A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession.
- The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
- (government) The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).
- A rolling down.
- the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government)
- the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
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- (pathology) A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue.
- A transformation, such as one performed by magic.
- (biology) A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog).
- A noticeable change in character, appearance, function, or condition.
- a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
- a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
- the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
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- Initialism of degenerative disc disease.
- (software architecture) Initialism of domain-driven design (“methodology and set of priorities for object oriented programming”).
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (“insecticide related to DDT”).
- Initialism of die-deterioration doubling (“a common form of mint-made error on coins that results from degradation of the die used to strike the coin”).
- (pharmacology) Initialism of defined daily dose: a statistical measure of drug consumption.
- (telecommunications) Initialism of direct distance dialing (“network-provided service that enables non-local telephone calls to be made without operator assistance”).
- (sound engineering) A designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating a "full digital recording" (recorded, mixed and mastered in digital).
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- any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue
- (geology) The process of the strengthening of rocks by heating, compaction or cementation, or a combination thereof.
- (medicine, dermatology, by extension) An area or part of the body that has undergone such a reaction.
- Hardness.
- The process of becoming hard.
- An enduring presence; fixity.
- (medicine) A hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or neoplastic infiltration.
- (geology) The quality of nonfriability; the extent to which a rock does not crumble; rock strength.
noun
- The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
- Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
- (geology) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
- The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society
- Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
- The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
- A deleterious change in the chemical structure, physical properties or appearance of a material from natural or artificial exposure.
- The gradual breakdown of components of a material, as a result of a natural element, i.e.: heat, cold and wind.
- changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
- a low or downcast state
noun
- (gerontology) Old age; accumulated damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.
- (botany) Fruit senescence, leading to ripening of fruit.
- (biology) The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age.
- (cytology, of a cell) Condition when the cell ceases to divide.
- (cytology) Ceasing to divide by mitosis because of shortening of telomeres or excessive DNA damage.
- the property characteristic of old age
- the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
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- (derogatory) Degeneration.
- A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession.
- The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
- (government) The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).
- A rolling down.
- the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government)
- the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality