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Amyloid degeneration
Amyloid Am"y*loid, Amyloidal Am`y*loid"al, a. [L. amylum starch + -oid.] Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike. Amyloid degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition of various organs of the body, produced by the deposit of an albuminous substance, giving a blue color with iodine and sulphuric acid; -- called also waxy or lardaceous degeneration.
Caseous degeneration
Caseous Ca"se*ous, a. [L. caseus. Cf. Casein.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy. Caseous degeneration, a morbid process, in scrofulous or consumptive persons, in which the products of inflammation are converted into a cheesy substance which is neither absorbed nor organized.
Degeneracy
Degeneracy De*gen"er*a*cy, n. [From Degenerate, a.] 1. The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse. Willful degeneracy from goodness. --Tillotson. 2. The state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness. Degeneracy of spirit in a state of slavery. --Addison. To recover mankind out of their universal corruption and degeneracy. --S. Clarke.
Degenerately
Degenerately De*gen"er*ate*ly, adv. In a degenerate manner; unworthily.
Degenerateness
Degenerateness De*gen"er*ate*ness, n. Degeneracy.
Degenerationist
Degenerationist De*gen`er*a"tion*ist, n. (Biol.) A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary degradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that savagery is the result of degeneration from a superior state.
Degenerative
Degenerative De*gen"er*a*tive, a. Undergoing or producing degeneration; tending to degenerate.
Fatty degeneration
Fatty Fat"ty, a. Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a fatty substance. Fatty acid (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- so called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves fatlike substances. Fatty clays. See under Clay. Fatty degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition, in which the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the efficient parts of these organs. Fatty heart, Fatty liver, etc. (Med.), a heart, liver, etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration or infiltration. Fatty infiltration (Med.), a condition in which there is an excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without destruction of any essential parts of the latter. Fatty tumor (Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose tissue; lipoma.
Fibroid degeneration
Fibroid Fi"broid, a. [L. fibra a fiber + -oid.] (Med.) Resembling or forming fibrous tissue; made up of fibers; as, fibroid tumors. -- n. A fibroid tumor; a fibroma. Fibroid degeneration, a form of degeneration in which organs or tissues are converted into fibroid tissue. Fibroid phthists, a form of pulmonary consumption associated with the formation of fibrous tissue in the lungs, and the gradual atrophy of the lungs, from the pressure due to the contraction of this tissue.
Mucoid degeneration
Mucoid Mu"coid, a. [Mucus + -oid.] Resembling mucus. --Dunglison. Mucoid degeneration, a form of degeneration in which the tissues are transformed into a semisolid substance resembling mucus. --Quain.
Pigmentary degeneration
Pigmental Pig*men"tal, Pigmentary Pig"men*ta*ry, a. Of or pertaining to pigments; furnished with pigments. --Dunglison. Pigmentary degeneration (Med.), a morbid condition in which an undue amount of pigment is deposited in the tissues.
Wallerian degeneration
Wallerian degeneration Wal*le"ri*an de*gen`er*a"tion (Med.) A form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibers as a result of their division; -- so called from Dr. Waller, who published an account of it in 1850.
Waxy degeneration
Waxy Wax"y, a. Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. ``Waxy to persuasion.' --Bp. Hall. Waxy degeneration (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under Amyloid. Waxy kidney, Waxy liver, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver affected by waxy degeneration.
waxy or lardaceous degeneration
Amyloid Am"y*loid, Amyloidal Am`y*loid"al, a. [L. amylum starch + -oid.] Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike. Amyloid degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition of various organs of the body, produced by the deposit of an albuminous substance, giving a blue color with iodine and sulphuric acid; -- called also waxy or lardaceous degeneration.

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- Binomial name Pelochyta arontes (Stoll, [1782]) Synonyms Sphinx arontes Stoll, [1782] Phalaena neuroptera Sepp, [1848] Halesidota degenera Walker, 1855...
- Furona degenera is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Henry Walter Bates in 1880. It is known from Colombia, Mexico and...
- Eupterotidae described by Max Gaede in 1927. Its single species, Paraphyllalia degenera, was described Its Francis Walker in 1855 and is found in South Africa...
- (Walker, 1855) Synonyms Ecpantheria indecisa Walker, 1855 Ecpantheria degenera Walker, 1855 Ecpantheria annulifascia Walker, 1869 Ecpantheria indecisa...
- Species: P. carnea Binomial name Pinna carnea Gmelin, 1791 Synonyms Pinna degenera Link, 1807 Pinna flabellum Lamarck, 1819 Pinna pernula Röding, 1798...
- (Philosophical Systems of India), November 1877, Part V: "Metafísica es pandeista y degenera en el idealismo." James B. Glattfelder, Information—Consciousness—Reality:...
- containing the following species: Furona corniculata (Bates, 1885) Furona degenera (Bates, 1880) Furona egens (Erichson, 1847) Biolib.cz - Furona. Retrieved...
- consobrina (Meigen, 1824) Panzeria cristata (Villeneuve, 1920) Panzeria degenera (Walker, 1849) Panzeria excellens (Zimin, 1957) Panzeria fasciventris (Curran...
- (Philosophical Systems of India), November 1877, Part V: "Metafísica es pandeista y degenera en el idealismo." Jürgen Hartmann [in German] (2014). Religion in der Politik:...
- Cordeiro & Chagas, 2006 Psychoda debilis Quate & Quate, 1967 Psychoda degenera Walker, 1848 Psychoda delicata Quate, 1965 Psychoda dennesi Satc****, 1953...