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Definition: regressive metamorphism
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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