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degenerescence Biol.|-ˈɛsəns|
[a. F. dégénérescence (1799 in Hatzf.), f. dégénérescent, deriv. of dégénérer to degenerate, after L. inchoative vbs.: see -escent.]
Tendency to degenerate; the process of degeneration.
1882G. Allen in St. James's Gaz. 30 May 3 They have all..acquired the same parasitic habits, and..exhibit different stages in the same process of degenerescence. 1884H. Macmillan in Brit. & For. Evang. Rev. Apr. 315 The degenerescence of Decandolle brings all the parts of the flower back to the leaf. |