| slovo | definícia |
generation
(mass) | generation
- generácia |
generation
(encz) | generation,generace n: |
generation
(encz) | generation,pokolení n: Zdeněk Brož |
generation
(encz) | generation,výroba [tech.] Pavel Cvrček |
Generation
(gcide) | Generation \Gen`er*a"tion\, n. [OE. generacioun, F.
g['e]n['e]ration, fr.L. generatio.]
1. The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of
animals.
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2. Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or
vital; production; formation; as, the generation of
sounds, of gases, of curves, etc.
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3. That which is generated or brought forth; progeny;
offspiring.
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4. A single step or stage in the succession of natural
descent; a rank or remove in genealogy. Hence: The body of
those who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from
an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one period;
also, the average lifetime of man, or the ordinary period
of time at which one rank follows another, or father is
succeeded by child, usually assumed to be one third of a
century; an age.
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This is the book of the generations of Adam. --Gen.
v. 1.
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Ye shall remain there [in Babylon] many years, and
for a long season, namely, seven generations.
--Baruch vi.
3.
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All generations and ages of the Christian church.
--Hooker.
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5. Race; kind; family; breed; stock.
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Thy mother's of my generation; what's she, if I be a
dog? --Shak.
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6. (Geom.) The formation or production of any geometrical
magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion,
in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a
magnitude; as, the generation of a line or curve by the
motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a
semicircle, etc.
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7. (Biol.) The aggregate of the functions and phenomene which
attend reproduction.
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Note: There are four modes of generation in the animal
kingdom: scissiparity or by fissiparous generation,
gemmiparity or by budding, germiparity or by germs, and
oviparity or by ova.
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Alternate generation (Biol.), alternation of sexual with
asexual generation, in which the products of one process
differ from those of the other, -- a form of reproduction
common both to animal and vegetable organisms. In the
simplest form, the organism arising from sexual generation
produces offspiring unlike itself, agamogenetically.
These, however, in time acquire reproductive organs, and
from their impregnated germs the original parent form is
reproduced. In more complicated cases, the first series of
organisms produced agamogenetically may give rise to
others by a like process, and these in turn to still other
generations. Ultimately, however, a generation is formed
which develops sexual organs, and the original form is
reproduced.
Spontaneous generation (Biol.), the fancied production of
living organisms without previously existing parents from
inorganic matter, or from decomposing organic matter, a
notion which at one time had many supporters; abiogenesis.
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generation
(wn) | generation
n 1: all the people living at the same time or of approximately
the same age [syn: coevals, contemporaries,
generation]
2: group of genetically related organisms constituting a single
step in the line of descent
3: the normal time between successive generations; "they had to
wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"
4: a stage of technological development or innovation; "the
third generation of computers"
5: a coming into being [syn: genesis, generation]
6: the production of heat or electricity; "dams were built for
the generation of electricity"
7: the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such
production [syn: generation, multiplication,
propagation] |
generation
(foldoc) | generation
An attempt to classify the degree of sophistication of
programming languages.
See First generation language -- {Fifth generation
language}.
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fifthgeneration
(mass) | fifth-generation
- piata generácia |
generation
(mass) | generation
- generácia |
regeneration
(mass) | regeneration
- regenerácia |
alteration of generations
(encz) | alteration of generations,rodozměna n: [bio.] Jirka Daněk |
cogeneration of energy
(encz) | cogeneration of energy,kogenerace energie [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
degeneration
(encz) | degeneration,degenerace n: Zdeněk Brož |
fifth-generation
(encz) | fifth-generation,pátá generace Pavel Cvrček |
first-generation
(encz) | first-generation,první generace Pavel Cvrček |
generation
(encz) | generation,generace n: generation,pokolení n: Zdeněk Brožgeneration,výroba [tech.] Pavel Cvrček |
generation gap
(encz) | generation gap,generační propast Zdeněk Brožgeneration gap,generační rozdíl Zdeněk Brož |
generation of savings
(encz) | generation of savings, |
generation x
(encz) | Generation X, |
generational
(encz) | generational,generační adj: Zdeněk Brož |
generational accounting
(encz) | generational accounting, |
generations
(encz) | generations,generace pl. Zdeněk Brož |
hepatolenticular degeneration
(encz) | hepatolenticular degeneration, n: |
hip hop (generation)
(encz) | hip hop (generation), |
intergenerational burden
(encz) | intergenerational burden,mezigenerační zátěž [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
intergenerational equity
(encz) | intergenerational equity,mezigenerační spravedlnost [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
intergenerational justice
(encz) | intergenerational justice,mezigenerační justice [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
intra- and intergenerational equity objective
(encz) | intra- and intergenerational equity objective,cíle inter- a
mezigenerační spravedlnosti [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
macular degeneration
(encz) | macular degeneration, n: |
regeneration
(encz) | regeneration,regenerace n: Zdeněk Brož |
spontaneous generation
(encz) | spontaneous generation, n: |
wind generation
(encz) | wind generation, n: |
young generation
(encz) | young generation,dorost n: Zdeněk Brož |
high performance-molecular sieve oxygen generation system
(czen) | High Performance-Molecular Sieve Oxygen Generation System,HP-MSOGS[zkr.]
[voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
next generation (fire suppression) plan
(czen) | Next Generation (Fire Suppression) Plan,NGP[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
on-board oxygen generation system
(czen) | On-Board Oxygen Generation System,OBOGS[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Aggeneration
(gcide) | Aggeneration \Ag*gen`er*a"tion\, n. [L. aggenerare to beget in
addition. See Generate.]
The act of producing in addition. [Obs.] --T. Stanley.
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Alternate generation
(gcide) | Generation \Gen`er*a"tion\, n. [OE. generacioun, F.
g['e]n['e]ration, fr.L. generatio.]
1. The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of
animals.
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2. Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or
vital; production; formation; as, the generation of
sounds, of gases, of curves, etc.
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3. That which is generated or brought forth; progeny;
offspiring.
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4. A single step or stage in the succession of natural
descent; a rank or remove in genealogy. Hence: The body of
those who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from
an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one period;
also, the average lifetime of man, or the ordinary period
of time at which one rank follows another, or father is
succeeded by child, usually assumed to be one third of a
century; an age.
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This is the book of the generations of Adam. --Gen.
v. 1.
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Ye shall remain there [in Babylon] many years, and
for a long season, namely, seven generations.
--Baruch vi.
3.
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All generations and ages of the Christian church.
--Hooker.
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5. Race; kind; family; breed; stock.
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Thy mother's of my generation; what's she, if I be a
dog? --Shak.
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6. (Geom.) The formation or production of any geometrical
magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion,
in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a
magnitude; as, the generation of a line or curve by the
motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a
semicircle, etc.
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7. (Biol.) The aggregate of the functions and phenomene which
attend reproduction.
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Note: There are four modes of generation in the animal
kingdom: scissiparity or by fissiparous generation,
gemmiparity or by budding, germiparity or by germs, and
oviparity or by ova.
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Alternate generation (Biol.), alternation of sexual with
asexual generation, in which the products of one process
differ from those of the other, -- a form of reproduction
common both to animal and vegetable organisms. In the
simplest form, the organism arising from sexual generation
produces offspiring unlike itself, agamogenetically.
These, however, in time acquire reproductive organs, and
from their impregnated germs the original parent form is
reproduced. In more complicated cases, the first series of
organisms produced agamogenetically may give rise to
others by a like process, and these in turn to still other
generations. Ultimately, however, a generation is formed
which develops sexual organs, and the original form is
reproduced.
Spontaneous generation (Biol.), the fancied production of
living organisms without previously existing parents from
inorganic matter, or from decomposing organic matter, a
notion which at one time had many supporters; abiogenesis.
[1913 Webster]Alternate \Al*ter"nate\ (?; 277), a. [L. alternatus, p. p. of
alternate, fr. alternus. See Altern, Alter.]
1. Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in
succession of time or place; by turns first one and then
the other; hence, reciprocal.
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And bid alternate passions fall and rise. --Pope.
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2. Designating the members in a series, which regularly
intervene between the members of another series, as the
odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every
second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.; read
every alternate line.
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3. (Bot.) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights
of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular
divergence. --Gray.
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Alternate alligation. See Alligation.
Alternate angles (Geom.), the internal and angles made by
two lines with a third, on opposite sides of it. It the
parallels AB, CD, are cut by the line EF, the angles AGH,
GHD, as also the angles BGH and GHC, are called alternate
angles.
Alternate generation. (Biol.) See under Generation.
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Alternation of generation
(gcide) | Alternation \Al`ter*na"tion\, n. [L. alternatio: cf. F.
alternation.]
1. The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the
act of following and being followed by turns; alternate
succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the
alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and
winter, hope and fear.
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2. (Math.) Permutation.
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3. The response of the congregation speaking alternately with
the minister. --Mason.
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Alternation of generation. See under Generation.
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amyloid degeneration
(gcide) | amyloidosis \am`y*loi*do"sis\ ([a^]m`[i^]*loi*d[=o]"s[i^]s), n.
(Med.)
A disorder characterized by deposit of extracellular
amyloid[2] in organs or tissues in an amount that interferes
with normal function of the affected organ; it is often
secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or
multiple myeloma. Called also amyloid degeneration {waxy
degeneration} and lardaceous degeneration.
[WordNet 1.5 + AS]amyloid \am"y*loid\ ([a^]m"[i^]*loid), n.
1. A starchlike substance.
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2. (Med.) Any of a group of diverse starchlike glycoproteins
deposited in the organs under some pathological
conditions, such as amyloidosis; they are composed of
linear nonbranching fibrils when viewed under the electron
microscope. --Stedman 25
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Amyloid degeneration (Med.), Same as amyloidosis; --
called also waxy degeneration or {lardaceous
degeneration}.
[1913 Webster + AS]Degeneration \De*gen`er*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
d['e]g['e]n['e]ration.]
1. The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having
become worse; decline; degradation; debasement;
degeneracy; deterioration.
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Our degeneration and apostasy. --Bates.
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2. (Physiol.) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which
its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a
substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure;
as, fatty degeneration of the liver.
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3. (Biol.) A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of
any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or
organs; hereditary degradation of type.
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4. The thing degenerated. [R.]
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Cockle, aracus, . . . and other degenerations. --Sir
T. Browne.
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Amyloid degeneration, Caseous degeneration, etc. See
under Amyloid, Caseous, etc.
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Amyloid degeneration
(gcide) | amyloidosis \am`y*loi*do"sis\ ([a^]m`[i^]*loi*d[=o]"s[i^]s), n.
(Med.)
A disorder characterized by deposit of extracellular
amyloid[2] in organs or tissues in an amount that interferes
with normal function of the affected organ; it is often
secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or
multiple myeloma. Called also amyloid degeneration {waxy
degeneration} and lardaceous degeneration.
[WordNet 1.5 + AS]amyloid \am"y*loid\ ([a^]m"[i^]*loid), n.
1. A starchlike substance.
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2. (Med.) Any of a group of diverse starchlike glycoproteins
deposited in the organs under some pathological
conditions, such as amyloidosis; they are composed of
linear nonbranching fibrils when viewed under the electron
microscope. --Stedman 25
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Amyloid degeneration (Med.), Same as amyloidosis; --
called also waxy degeneration or {lardaceous
degeneration}.
[1913 Webster + AS]Degeneration \De*gen`er*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
d['e]g['e]n['e]ration.]
1. The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having
become worse; decline; degradation; debasement;
degeneracy; deterioration.
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Our degeneration and apostasy. --Bates.
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2. (Physiol.) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which
its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a
substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure;
as, fatty degeneration of the liver.
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3. (Biol.) A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of
any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or
organs; hereditary degradation of type.
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4. The thing degenerated. [R.]
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Cockle, aracus, . . . and other degenerations. --Sir
T. Browne.
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Amyloid degeneration, Caseous degeneration, etc. See
under Amyloid, Caseous, etc.
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Caseous degeneration
(gcide) | Degeneration \De*gen`er*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
d['e]g['e]n['e]ration.]
1. The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having
become worse; decline; degradation; debasement;
degeneracy; deterioration.
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Our degeneration and apostasy. --Bates.
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2. (Physiol.) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which
its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a
substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure;
as, fatty degeneration of the liver.
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3. (Biol.) A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of
any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or
organs; hereditary degradation of type.
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4. The thing degenerated. [R.]
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Cockle, aracus, . . . and other degenerations. --Sir
T. Browne.
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Amyloid degeneration, Caseous degeneration, etc. See
under Amyloid, Caseous, etc.
[1913 Webster]Caseous \Ca"se*ous\, a. [L. caseus. Cf. Casein.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the
qualities of cheese; cheesy.
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Caseous degeneration, a morbid process, in scrofulous or
consumptive persons, in which the products of inflammation
are converted into a cheesy substance which is neither
absorbed nor organized.
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Degeneration
(gcide) | Degeneration \De*gen`er*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
d['e]g['e]n['e]ration.]
1. The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having
become worse; decline; degradation; debasement;
degeneracy; deterioration.
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Our degeneration and apostasy. --Bates.
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2. (Physiol.) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which
its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a
substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure;
as, fatty degeneration of the liver.
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3. (Biol.) A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of
any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or
organs; hereditary degradation of type.
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4. The thing degenerated. [R.]
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Cockle, aracus, . . . and other degenerations. --Sir
T. Browne.
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Amyloid degeneration, Caseous degeneration, etc. See
under Amyloid, Caseous, etc.
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Degenerationist
(gcide) | Degenerationist \De*gen`er*a"tion*ist\, n. (Biol.)
A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary
degradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that
savagery is the result of degeneration from a superior state.
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Fatty degeneration
(gcide) | Fatty \Fat"ty\, a.
Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy;
gross; as, a fatty substance.
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Fatty acid (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of
monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- so
called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic
acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves
fatlike substances.
Fatty clays. See under Clay.
Fatty degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition, in which
the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are
so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the
efficient parts of these organs.
Fatty heart, Fatty liver, etc. (Med.), a heart, liver,
etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration
or infiltration.
Fatty infiltration (Med.), a condition in which there is an
excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without
destruction of any essential parts of the latter.
Fatty tumor (Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose
tissue; lipoma.
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Fibroid degeneration
(gcide) | fibroid \fi"broid\ (f[imac]"broid), a. [L. fibra a fiber +
-oid.] (Med.)
Resembling or forming fibrous tissue; made up of fibers; as,
fibroid tumors. -- n. A fibroid tumor; a fibroma.
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Fibroid degeneration, a form of degeneration in which
organs or tissues are converted into fibroid tissue.
Fibroid phthists, a form of pulmonary consumption
associated with the formation of fibrous tissue in the
lungs, and the gradual atrophy of the lungs, from the
pressure due to the contraction of this tissue.
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Ingeneration
(gcide) | Ingeneration \In*gen`er*a"tion\, n.
Act of ingenerating.
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Irregeneration
(gcide) | Irregeneration \Ir`re*gen`er*a"tion\, n.
An unregenerate state. [Obs.]
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lardaceous degeneration
(gcide) | amyloidosis \am`y*loi*do"sis\ ([a^]m`[i^]*loi*d[=o]"s[i^]s), n.
(Med.)
A disorder characterized by deposit of extracellular
amyloid[2] in organs or tissues in an amount that interferes
with normal function of the affected organ; it is often
secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or
multiple myeloma. Called also amyloid degeneration {waxy
degeneration} and lardaceous degeneration.
[WordNet 1.5 + AS]amyloid \am"y*loid\ ([a^]m"[i^]*loid), n.
1. A starchlike substance.
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2. (Med.) Any of a group of diverse starchlike glycoproteins
deposited in the organs under some pathological
conditions, such as amyloidosis; they are composed of
linear nonbranching fibrils when viewed under the electron
microscope. --Stedman 25
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Amyloid degeneration (Med.), Same as amyloidosis; --
called also waxy degeneration or {lardaceous
degeneration}.
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Mucoid degeneration
(gcide) | Mucoid \Mu"coid\, a. [Mucus + -oid.]
Resembling mucus. --Dunglison.
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Mucoid degeneration, a form of degeneration in which the
tissues are transformed into a semisolid substance
resembling mucus. --Quain.
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Pigmentary degeneration
(gcide) | Pigmental \Pig*men"tal\, Pigmentary \Pig"men*ta*ry\, a.
Of or pertaining to pigments; furnished with pigments.
--Dunglison.
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Pigmentary degeneration (Med.), a morbid condition in which
an undue amount of pigment is deposited in the tissues.
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Progeneration
(gcide) | Progeneration \Pro*gen`er*a"tion\, n. [L. progeneratio.]
The act of begetting; propagation. [R.]
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Regeneration
(gcide) | Regeneration \Re*gen`er*a"tion\ (-?"sh?n), n. [L. regeneratio:
cf. F. r['e]g['e]neration.]
1. The act of regenerating, or the state of being
regenerated.
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2. (Theol.) The entering into a new spiritual life; the act
of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by
which holy affectations and purposes are substituted for
the opposite motives in the heart.
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He saved us by the washing of regeneration, and
renewing of the Holy Chost. --Tit. iii. 5.
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3. (Biol.) The reproduction of a part which has been removed
or destroyed; re-formation; -- a process especially
characteristic of a many of the lower animals; as, the
regeneration of lost feelers, limbs, and claws by spiders
and crabs.
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4. (Physiol.)
(a) The reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc.,
which have been used up and destroyed by the ordinary
processes of life; as, the continual regeneration of
the epithelial cells of the body, or the regeneration
of the contractile substance of muscle.
(b) The union of parts which have been severed, so that
they become anatomically perfect; as, the regeneration
of a nerve.
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Spontaneous generation
(gcide) | Generation \Gen`er*a"tion\, n. [OE. generacioun, F.
g['e]n['e]ration, fr.L. generatio.]
1. The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of
animals.
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2. Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or
vital; production; formation; as, the generation of
sounds, of gases, of curves, etc.
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3. That which is generated or brought forth; progeny;
offspiring.
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4. A single step or stage in the succession of natural
descent; a rank or remove in genealogy. Hence: The body of
those who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from
an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one period;
also, the average lifetime of man, or the ordinary period
of time at which one rank follows another, or father is
succeeded by child, usually assumed to be one third of a
century; an age.
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This is the book of the generations of Adam. --Gen.
v. 1.
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Ye shall remain there [in Babylon] many years, and
for a long season, namely, seven generations.
--Baruch vi.
3.
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All generations and ages of the Christian church.
--Hooker.
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5. Race; kind; family; breed; stock.
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Thy mother's of my generation; what's she, if I be a
dog? --Shak.
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6. (Geom.) The formation or production of any geometrical
magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion,
in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a
magnitude; as, the generation of a line or curve by the
motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a
semicircle, etc.
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7. (Biol.) The aggregate of the functions and phenomene which
attend reproduction.
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Note: There are four modes of generation in the animal
kingdom: scissiparity or by fissiparous generation,
gemmiparity or by budding, germiparity or by germs, and
oviparity or by ova.
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Alternate generation (Biol.), alternation of sexual with
asexual generation, in which the products of one process
differ from those of the other, -- a form of reproduction
common both to animal and vegetable organisms. In the
simplest form, the organism arising from sexual generation
produces offspiring unlike itself, agamogenetically.
These, however, in time acquire reproductive organs, and
from their impregnated germs the original parent form is
reproduced. In more complicated cases, the first series of
organisms produced agamogenetically may give rise to
others by a like process, and these in turn to still other
generations. Ultimately, however, a generation is formed
which develops sexual organs, and the original form is
reproduced.
Spontaneous generation (Biol.), the fancied production of
living organisms without previously existing parents from
inorganic matter, or from decomposing organic matter, a
notion which at one time had many supporters; abiogenesis.
[1913 Webster]Spontaneous \Spon*ta"ne*ous\ (sp[o^]n*t[=a]"n[-e]*[u^]s), a. [L.
spontaneus, fr. sponte of free will, voluntarily.]
1. Proceeding from natural feeling, temperament, or
disposition, or from a native internal proneness,
readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a
spontaneous gift or proposition.
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2. Proceeding from, or acting by, internal impulse, energy,
or natural law, without external force; as, spontaneous
motion; spontaneous growth.
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3. Produced without being planted, or without human labor;
as, a spontaneous growth of wood.
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Spontaneous combustion, combustion produced in a substance
by the evolution of heat through the chemical action of
its own elements; as, the spontaneous combustion of waste
matter saturated with oil.
Spontaneous generation. (Biol.) See under Generation.
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Syn: Voluntary; uncompelled; willing.
Usage: Spontaneous, Voluntary. What is voluntary is the
result of a volition, or act of choice; it therefore
implies some degree of consideration, and may be the
result of mere reason without excited feeling. What is
spontaneous springs wholly from feeling, or a sudden
impulse which admits of no reflection; as, a
spontaneous burst of applause. Hence, the term is also
applied to things inanimate when they are produced
without the determinate purpose or care of man.
"Abstinence which is but voluntary fasting, and . . .
exercise which is but voluntary labor." --J. Seed.
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Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play,
The soul adopts, and owns their firstborn away.
--Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster] -- Spon*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. --
Spon*ta"ne*ous*ness, n.
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Unregeneration
(gcide) | Unregeneration \Un`re*gen`er*a"tion\, n.
Unregeneracy.
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Virginal generation
(gcide) | Virginal \Vir"gin*al\, a. [L. virginalis: cf. F. virginal.]
Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
"Chastity and honor virginal." --Spenser.
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Virginal generation (Biol.), parthenogenesis.
Virginal membrane (Anat.), the hymen.
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Wallerian degeneration
(gcide) | Wallerian degeneration \Wal*le"ri*an de*gen`er*a"tion\ (Med.)
A form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibers as a result
of their division; -- so called from Dr. Waller, who
published an account of it in 1850.
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Waxy degeneration
(gcide) | Waxy \Wax"y\, a.
Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid;
adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. "Waxy
to persuasion." --Bp. Hall.
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Waxy degeneration (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under
Amyloid.
Waxy kidney, Waxy liver, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver
affected by waxy degeneration.
[1913 Webster]amyloidosis \am`y*loi*do"sis\ ([a^]m`[i^]*loi*d[=o]"s[i^]s), n.
(Med.)
A disorder characterized by deposit of extracellular
amyloid[2] in organs or tissues in an amount that interferes
with normal function of the affected organ; it is often
secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or
multiple myeloma. Called also amyloid degeneration {waxy
degeneration} and lardaceous degeneration.
[WordNet 1.5 + AS]amyloid \am"y*loid\ ([a^]m"[i^]*loid), n.
1. A starchlike substance.
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2. (Med.) Any of a group of diverse starchlike glycoproteins
deposited in the organs under some pathological
conditions, such as amyloidosis; they are composed of
linear nonbranching fibrils when viewed under the electron
microscope. --Stedman 25
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Amyloid degeneration (Med.), Same as amyloidosis; --
called also waxy degeneration or {lardaceous
degeneration}.
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waxy degeneration
(gcide) | Waxy \Wax"y\, a.
Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid;
adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. "Waxy
to persuasion." --Bp. Hall.
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Waxy degeneration (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under
Amyloid.
Waxy kidney, Waxy liver, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver
affected by waxy degeneration.
[1913 Webster]amyloidosis \am`y*loi*do"sis\ ([a^]m`[i^]*loi*d[=o]"s[i^]s), n.
(Med.)
A disorder characterized by deposit of extracellular
amyloid[2] in organs or tissues in an amount that interferes
with normal function of the affected organ; it is often
secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or
multiple myeloma. Called also amyloid degeneration {waxy
degeneration} and lardaceous degeneration.
[WordNet 1.5 + AS]amyloid \am"y*loid\ ([a^]m"[i^]*loid), n.
1. A starchlike substance.
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2. (Med.) Any of a group of diverse starchlike glycoproteins
deposited in the organs under some pathological
conditions, such as amyloidosis; they are composed of
linear nonbranching fibrils when viewed under the electron
microscope. --Stedman 25
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Amyloid degeneration (Med.), Same as amyloidosis; --
called also waxy degeneration or {lardaceous
degeneration}.
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age-related macular degeneration
(wn) | age-related macular degeneration
n 1: macular degeneration that is age-related [syn: {age-related
macular degeneration}, AMD] |
alternation of generations
(wn) | alternation of generations
n 1: the alternation of two or more different forms in the life
cycle of a plant or animal [syn: {alternation of
generations}, heterogenesis, xenogenesis] |
baby-boom generation
(wn) | baby-boom generation
n 1: the larger than expected generation in United States born
shortly after World War II [syn: baby boom, {baby-boom
generation}] |
beat generation
(wn) | beat generation
n 1: a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected
possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for
communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism;
favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop) [syn: {beat
generation}, beats, beatniks] |
degeneration
(wn) | degeneration
n 1: the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of
effective power or vitality or essential quality [syn:
degeneration, devolution] [ant: development,
evolution]
2: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
[syn: degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency]
3: passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
[syn: degeneration, retrogression] |
generation
(wn) | generation
n 1: all the people living at the same time or of approximately
the same age [syn: coevals, contemporaries,
generation]
2: group of genetically related organisms constituting a single
step in the line of descent
3: the normal time between successive generations; "they had to
wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"
4: a stage of technological development or innovation; "the
third generation of computers"
5: a coming into being [syn: genesis, generation]
6: the production of heat or electricity; "dams were built for
the generation of electricity"
7: the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such
production [syn: generation, multiplication,
propagation] |
generation gap
(wn) | generation gap
n 1: a difference between the views of young people and their
parents |
generation x
(wn) | generation X
n 1: the generation following the baby boom (especially
Americans and Canadians born in the 1960s and 1970s) [syn:
generation X, gen X] |
generational
(wn) | generational
adj 1: of or relating to a generation |
hepatolenticular degeneration
(wn) | hepatolenticular degeneration
n 1: a rare inherited disorder of copper metabolism; copper
accumulates in the liver and then in the red blood cells
and brain [syn: hepatolenticular degeneration, {Wilson's
disease}] |
macular degeneration
(wn) | macular degeneration
n 1: eye disease caused by degeneration of the cells of the
macula lutea and results in blurred vision; can cause
blindness |
regeneration
(wn) | regeneration
n 1: (biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or
organs
2: feedback in phase with (augmenting) the input [syn: {positive
feedback}, regeneration]
3: the activity of spiritual or physical renewal
4: forming again (especially with improvements or removal of
defects); renewing and reconstituting [syn: re-formation,
regeneration] |
spontaneous generation
(wn) | spontaneous generation
n 1: a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms
are created from nonliving matter [syn: abiogenesis,
autogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation] |
wind generation
(wn) | wind generation
n 1: power derived from the wind (as by windmills) [syn: {wind
generation}, wind power] |
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