transcription, транскрипция: [ di-ˌje-nə-ˈrā-shən, ˌdē- ]
noun
Date: 15th century
1. : degenerate condition
2. : a lowering of effective power, vitality, or essential quality to an enfeebled and worsened kind or state
3. : intellectual, moral, or artistic decline
4.
a. : progressive deterioration of physical characters from a level representing the norm of earlier generations or forms
b. : deterioration of a tissue or an organ in which its function is diminished or its structure is impaired
Synonyms: see deterioration