Term: cataplasia: (biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form
Broader: degeneration: passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form | Unrelated: moneses: one species: one-flowered wintergreen; sometimes included in genus Pyrola
Broader: degeneration: passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form | Unrelated: replacement: the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
Broader: degeneration: passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form | Unrelated: slur: (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
Broader: degeneration: passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form | Unrelated: sea mouse: any of several large worms having a broad flattened body with a mat of coarse hairs covering the back
Broader: degeneration: passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form | Unrelated: transfer rna: RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid) that attach the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA)
Broader: degeneration: passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form | Unrelated: burl: a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
Broader: degeneration: passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form | Unrelated: cotangent: ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle
Broader: degeneration: passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form | Unrelated: bird feeder: an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds
Broader: degeneration: passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form | Unrelated: smew: smallest merganser and most expert diver; found in northern Eurasia
Broader: degeneration: passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form | Unrelated: barter: an equal exchange