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retrogression

 [ret″ro-gresh´un]
degeneration; deterioration; regression; return to an earlier, less complex condition.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

cat·a·pla·si·a

, cataplasis (kat'ă-plā'sē-ă, -plā'sis),
A degenerative change in cells or tissues that is the reverse of the constructive or developmental change; a return to an earlier or embryonic stage.
[cata- + G. plasis, a molding]
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retrogression

A generic term for a biological process in which an organism, organ or tissue returns to an earlier or more primitive state. Specific forms include:
(1) Dedifferentiation, see there; 
(2) Regression, see there;  
(3) Retrograde metamorphosis, see there.
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cat·a·pla·si·a

, cataplasis (kat'ă-plā'zē-ă, -plā'sis)
A degenerative change in cells or tissues that is the reverse of constructive or developmental change; a return to an earlier or embryonic stage.
Synonym(s): retrogression.
[cata- + G. plasis, a molding]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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They are mainly made of hornblende, diopside and garnet and were strongly metasomatized during retrogression. Thermobarometry and 40Ar/39Ar dating on hornblende indicate that they were metamorphosed to peak conditions in excess of 12 kbar and 850degC between 132 and 127 Ma.
In an open speech addressed to the Arab foreign ministers, the Jordanian figures said "it is no longer acceptable for the Arab masses the retrogression in the joint Arab action and the aggressors' use of Arab territories as a springboard for aggression against Syria." They warned that the ministers' continued stance will deepen the crisis in Syria and lead to a rupture between their countries' regimes and volatile peoples, reiterating that the Arab masses will support their interests and stand by Syria against the aggressors.
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