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Noun [Danish]

Forms: degenerationen [definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], degeneration [indefinite, nominative, singular], degenerationen [definite, nominative, singular], degenerations [genitive, indefinite, singular], degenerationens [definite, genitive, singular]
Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|degenerationen||{{{sg-def-2}}}|not used in plural form|||-||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{pl-indef-3}}}||{{{com}}}|f1accel-form=def|s|f4accel-form=indef|p|g=c|g2=|head=}} degeneration c (singular definite degenerationen, not used in plural form), {{da-noun|en|-}} degeneration c (singular definite degenerationen, not used in plural form) Inflection templates: {{da-decl|en|n=sg}}, {{da-noun-infl-unc-base|g=c|gen-pl-def=degenerationenes|gen-pl-def-2=|gen-pl-def-3=|gen-pl-indef=degenerations|gen-pl-indef-2=|gen-sg-def=degenerationens|gen-sg-def-2=|gen-sg-indef=degenerations|gen-sg-indef-2=|gen-sg-indef-3=|pl-def=degenerationene|pl-def-2=|pl-def-3=|pl-indef=degeneration|pl-indef-2=|pl-indef-3=|sg-def=degenerationen|sg-def-2=|sg-indef=degeneration}}
  1. degeneration Tags: common-gender, no-plural
    Sense id: en-degeneration-da-noun-P293DnHI Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-degeneration.wav Forms: degenerations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From French dégénération, from Latin dēgenerātiō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{der|en|fr|dégénération}} French dégénération, {{der|en|la|dēgenerātiō}} Latin dēgenerātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} degeneration (usually uncountable, plural degenerations)
  1. (uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse. Tags: countable, uncountable, usually Synonyms (process or state of growing worse): decadence, decline, degradation, debasement, degeneracy, deterioration Translations (process or state of growing worse): израждане (izraždane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), degeneració [feminine] (Catalan), 惡化 (Chinese Mandarin), 恶化 (èhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 退行 (tuìxíng) [pathology, medicine, sciences] (Chinese Mandarin), degeneration [common-gender] (Danish), forfald [neuter] (Danish), rappeutuminen (Finnish), dexeneración [feminine] (Galician), Entartung [feminine] (German), החמרה (Hebrew), elkorcsosulás (Hungarian), degeneráltság (Hungarian), meathlú [masculine] (Irish), degenerazione [feminine] (Italian), 悪化 (akka) (alt: あっか) (Japanese), degenerasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), degenerasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), zwyrodnienie (Polish), degeneracja (Polish), degeneração [feminine] (Portuguese), degenerare [feminine] (Romanian), degradare [feminine] (Romanian), degenerări [feminine, plural] (Romanian), вырожде́ние (vyroždénije) [neuter] (Russian), упа́док (upádok) [masculine] (Russian), degeneración [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-degeneration-en-noun-PLHNNDXa Disambiguation of 'process or state of growing worse': 93 4 2 1 Disambiguation of 'process or state of growing worse': 93 4 2 1
  2. (uncountable) 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. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished): дегенера́ция (degenerácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), degeneració [feminine] (Catalan), 退化 (tuìhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), degeneration [common-gender] (Danish), rappeuma (Finnish), dégénérescence [feminine] (French), dégénération [feminine] (French), dexeneración [feminine] (Galician), Degeneration [feminine] (German), דגנרציה [feminine] (Hebrew), elfajulás (Hungarian), degenerazione [feminine] (Italian), 退化 (taika) (alt: たいか) (Japanese), degenerasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), degenerasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), degeneracja (Polish), degeneração [feminine] (Portuguese), degenerare [feminine] (Romanian), дегенера́ция (degenerácija) [feminine] (Russian), degeneración [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-degeneration-en-noun-Iep8wwTG Disambiguation of 'condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished': 10 85 4 1
  3. (uncountable) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants): degeneration [common-gender] (Danish), degeneraatio (Finnish), rappeutuminen (Finnish), dégénérescence [feminine] (French), dégénération [feminine] (French), dexeneración [feminine] (Galician), התנוונות (Hebrew), hanyatlás (Hungarian), degenerasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), degenerasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), zwyrodnienie [neuter] (Polish), degeneração [feminine] (Portuguese), degenerare [feminine] (Romanian), вырожде́ние (vyroždénije) [neuter] (Russian), дегенера́ция (degenerácija) [feminine] (Russian), degeneración [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-degeneration-en-noun-JQxiH3vN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 5 61 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 6 57 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 7 4 62 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 3 66 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 9 52 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 12 10 57 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 9 8 63 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 9 57 21 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 7 55 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 12 9 57 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 7 60 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 12 9 57 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 21 12 50 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 13 12 55 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 5 62 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 5 62 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 14 53 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 14 10 55 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 4 3 67 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 15 52 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 9 58 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 12 9 57 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 5 62 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 5 62 24 Disambiguation of 'gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants': 1 1 90 7
  4. (countable) A thing that has degenerated. Tags: countable, usually
    Sense id: en-degeneration-en-noun-TwxPNKAK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nerf [slang] [gaming, games] Derived forms: hepatolenticular degeneration, hyaline degeneration, macular degeneration, neurodegeneration, Wallerian degeneration Related terms: degenerate, degenerative Translations (something degenerated): rappeuma (Finnish), dexeneración [feminine] (Galician), degeneración [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'something degenerated': 3 3 47 47

Noun [Swedish]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], degeneration [indefinite, nominative, uncountable], degenerationen [definite, nominative, uncountable], degenerations [genitive, indefinite, uncountable], degenerationens [definite, genitive, uncountable]
Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} degeneration c, {{sv-noun|c}} degeneration c Inflection templates: {{sv-decl-noun|degeneration|degenerationen|-|-|degenerations|degenerationens|-|-|base=degeneration|definitions=|gender=Common|uncountable=yes}}
  1. degeneration Tags: common-gender

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "The modern cry of \"more liberty and less creed\" is a degeneration from a vertebrate to a jellyfish.",
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          "ref": "1987, Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae, page 10:",
          "text": "Hence, regional soil degenerations and podsolization was probably an important factor contributing to the retrogressive change in the forest composition at the end of the mesocratic phase..",
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          "roman": "akka",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "process or state of growing worse",
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          "text": "fatty degeneration of the liver",
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          "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "дегенера́ция"
        },
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          "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "degeneració"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "tuìhuà",
          "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
          "word": "退化"
        },
        {
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
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          "word": "degeneration"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
          "word": "rappeuma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dégénérescence"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dégénération"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dexeneración"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Degeneration"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "דגנרציה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
          "word": "elfajulás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "degenerazione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4 1",
          "alt": "たいか",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "taika",
          "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
          "word": "退化"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "degenerasjon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4 1",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "degenerasjon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
          "word": "degeneracja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "degeneração"
        },
        {
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
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    {
      "word": "hepatolenticular degeneration"
    },
    {
      "word": "hyaline degeneration"
    },
    {
      "word": "macular degeneration"
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    {
      "word": "neurodegeneration"
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    {
      "word": "Wallerian degeneration"
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        "1": "en",
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        "3": "dēgenerātiō"
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    "de‧gen‧er‧ation"
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          "ref": "1913, B. H. Carrol, An Interpretation of the English Bible:",
          "text": "The modern cry of \"more liberty and less creed\" is a degeneration from a vertebrate to a jellyfish.",
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        {
          "text": "fatty degeneration of the liver",
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        "(uncountable) 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."
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        "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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        "(uncountable) 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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          "ref": "1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "cockle, aracus, […] and other degenerations",
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      "roman": "izraždane",
      "sense": "process or state of growing worse",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "degeneració"
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      "sense": "process or state of growing worse",
      "word": "惡化"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "èhuà",
      "sense": "process or state of growing worse",
      "word": "恶化"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tuìxíng",
      "sense": "process or state of growing worse",
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "退行"
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "da",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "forfald"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "process or state of growing worse",
      "word": "rappeutuminen"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "process or state of growing worse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dexeneración"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "process or state of growing worse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Entartung"
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      "code": "he",
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      "word": "החמרה"
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      "word": "elkorcsosulás"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meathlú"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "degenerazione"
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      "alt": "あっか",
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      "sense": "process or state of growing worse",
      "word": "悪化"
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "zwyrodnienie"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "process or state of growing worse",
      "word": "degeneracja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "process or state of growing worse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "degeneração"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "process or state of growing worse",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "вырожде́ние"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "process or state of growing worse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "упа́док"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "process or state of growing worse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "degeneración"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "degenerácija",
      "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дегенера́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "degeneració"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tuìhuà",
      "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
      "word": "退化"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "degeneration"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
      "word": "rappeuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dégénérescence"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dégénération"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dexeneración"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Degeneration"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "דגנרציה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
      "word": "elfajulás"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "alt": "たいか",
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      "roman": "taika",
      "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "degenerasjon"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "degenerasjon"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
      "word": "degeneracja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "degenerare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "degenerácija",
      "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дегенера́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "degeneración"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants",
      "word": "degeneraatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants",
      "word": "rappeutuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dégénérescence"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dégénération"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dexeneración"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants",
      "word": "התנוונות"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants",
      "word": "hanyatlás"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "degenerasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "degenerasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "zwyrodnienie"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "degeneração"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "sense": "gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "degenerácija",
      "sense": "gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дегенера́ция"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "degeneración"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something degenerated",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "something degenerated",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something degenerated",
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        "feminine"
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        "1": "degeneration",
        "2": "degenerationen",
        "3": "-",
        "4": "-",
        "5": "degenerations",
        "6": "degenerationens",
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        "definitions": "",
        "gender": "Common",
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      },
      "name": "sv-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swedish common-gender nouns",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Swedish nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "degeneration"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "degeneration",
          "degeneration#English"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "degeneration"
}

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