ABIOTROPHY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("abiotrophy" is a kind of...):

degeneration; retrogression (passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form)

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