Meaning ofdegeneratein English

Adjective

1. deteriorated from normal to undesirable
   The degenerate cells were removed from the sample.
2. having lost desirable qualities; corrupt
   The corrupt official's degenerate behavior was exposed.
3. fallen from balanced to abnormal state
   The patient's condition had degenerated into a chronic illness.
4. simpler than typical objects; abnormal
   The simplified model was a degenerate case of the complex system.