Degenerált
Degenerált is a Hungarian adjective and the past participle of the verb degenerál, meaning degenerated or deteriorated. The term describes something that has undergone degeneration, typically due to aging, disease, injury, or chronic dysfunction. It is used across medical, biological, and technical contexts and is usually paired with a noun to specify what has degenerated (for example, degenerált szövet, degenerált sejt, degenerált porckorong).
In medical and anatomical language, degeneráció refers to structural or functional deterioration of tissues or cells.
Outside biology, degenerált can appear in mathematical or physical contexts to describe degenerate cases or configurations
Etymology and related terms: the word derives from Latin degenerare, meaning to diverge from the normal course,