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What is the noun for degenerating?

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degeneration
  1. (uncountable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
  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.
  3. (uncountable) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
  4. (countable) A thing that has degenerated.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Medora, who had known her teacher in comparatively better times, was shocked, both at her poverty and the degeneration of her health.”
      “She hauls her victims down the Darwinian ladder to a state slippery with wanton degeneration.”
      “These found that few people with age related macular degeneration experienced improved vision with surgery.”
degenerationist
  1. (biology) A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary degradation of type.
degeneracy
  1. the state of being degenerate (in all senses)
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The degeneracy of the environment was evident in the widespread pollution and destruction caused by human activity.”
      “The degeneracy of the city's infrastructure led to frequent power outages and deteriorating roads.”
      “The decriers of greed, privilege, and degeneracy and champions of economic equality are forcefully rebutted in turn.”
degenerateness
degenerate
  1. One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In particular, he was accused of being an immoral person, a degenerate who indulged in all the vices.”
      “I'd be ridding the world of a degenerate who has brought nothing but broken hearts, shame, and disgrace to tens of thousands of people.”
degenerescence
degenerationists
  1. plural of degenerationist
degenerescences
  1. plural of degenerescence
degenerations
  1. plural of degeneration
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  3. Examples:
    1. “As a result, a large number of genetically determined degenerations of the retina have been described.”
      “Vitamin E together with vitamin C, the action of which it complements, is one of the main nutrition factors to prevent many degenerations.”
      “However, these initial benefits can become detrimental when injury is pronounced or during chronic damage as in most retinal degenerations.”
degenerates
degeneracies
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