Synonyms for degeneration
dɪˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃənde·gen·er·a·tion

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1. degeneration, devolutionnoun

   the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality

   Synonyms:
   devolution, decadence, degeneracy, retrogression, decadency, devolvement

2. degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadencynoun

   the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

   Synonyms:
   retrogression, devolution, corruption, putrefaction, depravity, degeneracy, depravation, decadency, decadence

3. degeneration, retrogressionnoun

   passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form

   Synonyms:
   reversion, retrogression, devolution, regression, degeneracy, decadency, regress, retroversion, decadence

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1. degenerationnoun

   Synonyms:
   degeneracy

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1. degenerationnoun

   Synonyms:
   deterioration, decline, retrogradation, degeneracy, vitiation

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1. List of paraphrases for "degeneration":

   degeneracy, degenerative, decay, degradation

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1. Julian Bailes:

   In the military, it seems it would be vitally important to know who has been exposed to this, and then be able to identify, mark, follow the progression of brain degeneration from blast injury, and to know who's at risk and maybe who needs to be pulled out of harm's way permanently.

2. Kapil Bharti:

   While researchers have used embryonic stem cell derived cells to treat age-related macular degeneration, (the RIKEN study) is the first study that used induced pluripotent stem cells.

3. Julian Bailes:

   Most CTE sufferers have been found at autopsy to have tau, but also about 40 % have had amyloid as well. So they are showing both degeneration markers in the brain, most importantly, it's a distinct pattern that we haven't seen in any other condition -- not in Alzheimer's, not in other forms of dementia, and certainly not in normal controls. So it's not just what we're binding to, it's that this pattern appears to be distinct and it appears to be the areas that have been damaged in autopsy studies of sufferers with CTE.

4. Marc Werner:

   There are many eye diseases that can cause loss of vision (glaucoma, macular degeneration), or loss of life (ocular melanoma), which may have no signs or symptoms but can be detected during a thorough eye exam.

5. Vaclav Havel:

   Human beings are compelled to live within a lie, but they can be compelled to do so only because they are in fact capable of living in this way. Therefore not only does the system alienate humanity, but at the same time alienated humanity supports this system as its own involuntary masterplan, as a degenerate image of its own degeneration, as a record of people's own failure as individuals.