degeneration

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• UK: /dɪˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/
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From French dégénération, from Latin dēgenerātiō.

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: израждане (izraždane) — process or state of growing worse
• Catalan: degeneració — process or state of growing worse
• Chinese Mandarin: 惡化 /恶化 (èhuà) — process or state of growing worse
• Chinese Mandarin: 退行 (tuìxíng) — process or state of growing worse
• Danish: degeneration — process or state of growing worse
• Danish: forfald — process or state of growing worse
• Finnish: rappeutuminen — process or state of growing worse
• Galician: dexeneración — process or state of growing worse
• German: Entartung — process or state of growing worse
• Hebrew: החמרה — process or state of growing worse
• Hungarian: elkorcsosulás — process or state of growing worse
• Hungarian: degeneráltság — process or state of growing worse
• Irish: meathlú — process or state of growing worse
• Italian: degenerazione — process or state of growing worse
• Japanese: 悪化 (akka) — process or state of growing worse
• Norwegian Bokmål: degenerasjon — process or state of growing worse
• Norwegian Nynorsk: degenerasjon — process or state of growing worse
• Polish: zwyrodnienie — process or state of growing worse
• Polish: degeneracja — process or state of growing worse
• Portuguese: degeneração — process or state of growing worse
• Romanian: degenerare — process or state of growing worse
• Romanian: degradare — process or state of growing worse
• Romanian: degenerări — process or state of growing worse
• Russian: вырожде́ние (vyroždénije) — process or state of growing worse
• Russian: упа́док (upádok) — process or state of growing worse
• Spanish: degeneración — process or state of growing worse
• Bulgarian: дегенера́ция (degenerácija) — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• Catalan: degeneració — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• Chinese Mandarin: 退化 (tuìhuà) — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• Danish: degeneration — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• Finnish: rappeuma — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• French: dégénérescence — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• French: dégénération — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• Galician: dexeneración — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• German: Degeneration — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• Hebrew: דגנרציה — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• Hindi: अपघटन (apaghṭan) — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• Hungarian: elfajulás — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• Hungarian: degeneráció — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• Italian: degenerazione — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• Japanese: 退化 (taika) — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• Norwegian Bokmål: degenerasjon — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• Norwegian Nynorsk: degenerasjon — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• Polish: degeneracja — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• Portuguese: degeneração — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• Romanian: degenerare — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• Russian: дегенера́ция (degenerácija) — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• Spanish: degeneración — condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished
• Danish: degeneration — gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants
• Finnish: degeneraatio — gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants
• Finnish: rappeutuminen — gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants
• French: dégénérescence — gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants
• French: dégénération — gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants
• Galician: dexeneración — gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants
• Hebrew: התנוונות — gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants
• Hindi: अपघटन (apaghṭan) — gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants
• Hungarian: hanyatlás — gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants
• Norwegian Bokmål: degenerasjon — gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants
• Norwegian Nynorsk: degenerasjon — gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants
• Polish: zwyrodnienie — gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants
• Portuguese: degeneração — gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants
• Romanian: degenerare — gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants
• Russian: вырожде́ние (vyroždénije) — gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants
• Russian: дегенера́ция (degenerácija) — gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants
• Spanish: degeneración — gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants
• Finnish: rappeuma — something degenerated
• Galician: dexeneración — something degenerated
• Spanish: degeneración — something degenerated