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Plural of degeneration

regular plural

The plural of degeneration is degenerations.

Forms of degeneration

Singulardegeneration /dɪˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/
Pluraldegenerations
Countablecountable and uncountable

Degenerations in a sentence

  • Hence, regional soil degenerations and podsolization was probably an important factor contributing to the retrogressive change in the forest composition at the end of the mesocratic phase..1987, Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae, page 10
  • Hence, regional soil degenerations and podsolization was probably an important factor contributing to the retrogressive change in the forest composition at the end of the mesocratic phase.1987, Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae, page 10. From the entry retrogressive

Meaning of degeneration

  1. noun The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
  2. noun 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. noun Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.

Full definition of degeneration

Questions about the plural of degeneration

What is the plural of degeneration?
The plural of degeneration is degenerations.
Is degeneration countable?
Degeneration is a countable and uncountable noun.

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