RETROGRESSION


Meaning of RETROGRESSION in English

/re'treuh gresh"euhn/ , n.

1. the act of retrogressing; movement backward.

2. Biol. degeneration; retrograde metamorphosis; passing from a more complex to a simpler structure.

[ 1640-50; retrogress ( us ) (see RETROGRESS) + -ION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .