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retrogression
(encz) | retrogression,úpadek n: Zdeněk Brož |
Retrogression
(gcide) | Retrogression \Re`tro*gres"sion\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]trogression.
See Retrograde, and cf. Digression.]
1. The act of retrograding, or going backward;
retrogradation.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Biol.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a
lower state of organization or structure, as when an
animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly
organized than would be expected from its earlier stages
or known relationship. Called also {retrograde
development}, and regressive metamorphism.
[1913 Webster] |
retrogression
(wn) | retrogression
n 1: passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
[syn: degeneration, retrogression]
2: returning to a former state [syn: regression, regress,
reversion, retrogression, retroversion] |
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