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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Retrogression (0.01428 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Retrogression.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: retrogression
retrogression
n 1: passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
[syn:
degeneration]
2: returning to a former state [syn:
regression,
regress,
reversion,
retroversion]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Retrogression
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]
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