CATAPLASIA as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form
   
   Hypernyms(s) cataplasia is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • degeneration (what does degeneration mean?)
   • retrogression (what does retrogression mean?)