degeneration
Pronunciation:
/dɪˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/noun
Definitions
The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
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.
Example: fatty degeneration of the liver
Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
A thing that has degenerated.