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RETROGRESSION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Returning to a former state

Synonyms:

regress; regression; retrogression; retroversion; reversion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("retrogression" is a kind of...):

reversal (a change from one state to the opposite state)

Derivation:

retrogress (get worse or fall back to a previous condition)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form

Synonyms:

degeneration; retrogression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("retrogression" is a kind of...):

shift; transformation; transmutation (a qualitative change)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "retrogression"):

abiotrophy (a loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury)

cataplasia ((biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form)

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