Retrogression : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Retrogression	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retrogression n passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form Synonym(s): degeneration, retrogression returning to a former state Synonym(s): regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retrogression \Re`tro*gres"sion\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]trogression. See {Retrograde}, and cf. {Digression}.] 1. The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation. 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}.