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Noun: deterioration  di`ti(-u)-ree-u'rey-shun
  1. A symptom of reduced quality or strength
    - impairment
     
  2. Process of changing to an inferior state
    - decline in quality, declension, worsening

Derived forms: deteriorations

See also: deteriorate

Type of: decay, decline, diminution

Encyclopedia: Deterioration

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