retrograde development

retrograde development
Retrogression Re`tro*gres"sion, n. [Cf. F. r['e]trogression. See {Retrograde}, and cf. {Digression}.] 1. The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation. [1913 Webster]

2. (Biol.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also {retrograde development}, and {regressive metamorphism}. [1913 Webster]


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