degeneration

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Basit İngilizce açıklama: A change in which body tissue becomes damaged and works less well.

• The scan showed tissue degeneration.
• Age can increase the risk of macular degeneration.
• Treatment may slow the degeneration of damaged muscles.

Nasıl kullanılır: degeneration of something (The disease causes degeneration of nerve tissue.)

Eş anlamlılar: deterioration

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: macular degeneration, fatty degeneration, nerve degeneration

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Basit İngilizce açıklama: A gradual change in which something becomes weaker, worse, or less useful.

• The report describes a gradual degeneration.
• Poor maintenance caused the degeneration of the old bridge.
• She blamed the degeneration of debate on personal attacks.

Nasıl kullanılır: degeneration of something (They feared the degeneration of public debate.)

Eş anlamlılar: deterioration, decline, decay

Zıt anlamlılar: improvement

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: gradual degeneration, degeneration of something