/di jen'euh ray"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the process of degenerating.
2. the condition or state of being degenerate.
3. Pathol.
a. a process by which a tissue deteriorates, loses functional activity, and may become converted into or replaced by other kinds of tissue.
b. the condition produced by such a process.
[ 1475-85; degeneration- (s. of degeneratio ). See DE-, GENERATION ]