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Synonyms for degenerative

Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-jen-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈdʒɛn ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv

Définition of degenerative

Origin :
  • 1846; see degenerate + -ive.
  • adj tending to diminish in quality
Example sentences :
  • These organisms were described as "Laveran's degenerative forms."
  • Extract from : « Spontaneous Activity in Education » by Maria Montessori
  • At first, the degenerative process was regarded as suppurative.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • What influences of a degenerative nature are likely to affect them?
  • Extract from : « Embryology » by Gerald R. Leighton
  • The continual brutality around me was degenerative in its effect.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Wolf » by Jack London
  • Rather it is looked upon as a degenerative process affecting the arteries following a variety of causes more or less ill defined.
  • Extract from : « Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: » by Louis Marshall Warfield
  • Many cases of persistent anmia may be traced, according to Flint, to this degenerative process of the gastric tubules.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • Degenerative simplicity is never uniformly distributed over all the structures of the organism.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 » by Various
  • The feathers of a peacock afford a convenient example of primitive and degenerative simplicity.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 » by Various
  • Meanwhile the degenerative changes associated with it slowly develop on all sides.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • The degenerative phenomena are explicable singly and in detail as declensions in divergent directions from an existing level.
  • Extract from : « Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death » by Frederick W. H. Myers

Antonyms for degenerative

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