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regression /re·gres·sion/ (re-gresh´un)

1. return to a former or earlier state.

2. subsidence of symptoms or of a disease process.

3. in biology, the tendency in successive generations toward the mean.

4. defensive retreat to an earlier, often infantile, pattern of behavior or thought.

5. a functional relationship between a random variable and the corresponding values of one or more independent variables.regres´sive

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re·gres·sion (r-grshn)

n.

1. A subsidence of the symptoms of a disease.

2. A relapse of symptoms.

3. Reversion to an earlier or less mature pattern of feeling or behavior.

4. Relapse to a less perfect or developed state.

5. The return of a population to an earlier or less complex physical type in successive generations.

6. The relationship between the mean value of a random variable and the corresponding values of one or more independent variables.

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Regression

In psychology, a return to earlier, usually childish or infantile, patterns of thought or behavior.

Mentioned in: Bereavement, Stockholm Syndrome

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regression

[rigresh′ən]

Etymology: L, regredi, to go back

1 a retreat or backward movement in conditions, signs, or symptoms.

2 a return to an earlier, more primitive form of behavior.

3 a tendency in physical development to become more typical of the population than of the parents, such as a child who attains a height closer to the average than to that of tall or short parents. regress, v.

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regression

1. return to a former or earlier state.

2. subsidence of clinical signs or of a disease process.

3. in biology, the tendency in successive generations toward the mean.

4. the relationship between pairs of random variables; the mean of one variable and its location is influenced by another variable.

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regression analysis

see regression analysis.

regression coefficient

is the factor which determines the slope of a regression line; the greater the coefficient the steeper the line.

curvilinear regression

when the relationship between two variables is not linear.

linear regression

the relationship between two variables is a straight line.

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regression

Any return to an original state. See Atavistic regression, Generalized additive logistic regression, Hypnotic age regression, Least-squares regression, Linear regression, Past life regression, Psychoregression Medtalk The subsiding of disease Sx or a return to a state of health Oncology A receding of CA Psychiatry A partial, symbolic, conscious, or unconscious desire to return–regress to a state of dependency, as in an infantile pattern of reacting or thinking, which occurs in normal sleep, play, physical illness, and in various mental disorders.