retrogenesis

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

retro- +‎ -genesis, coined by Dr. Barry Reisberg.

Noun[edit]

retrogenesis (uncountable)

  1. The degeneration of faculties in Alzheimer's disease in the reverse order of that in which they were developed as a child.

See also[edit]

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