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Degraded

Degraded

1. Reduced in rank, character, or reputation; debased; sunken; low; base. The Netherlands . . . Were reduced practically to a very degraded condition. (Motley)

2. (Science: biology) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts. Some families of plants are degraded dicotyledons. (Dana)

3. [Cf. F. Degre step.

Having steps; said of a cross each of whose extremities finishes in steps growing larger as they leave the center; termed also on degrees.


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by MrMistery
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... as well, I'll add them here if I happen to figure them out. But all in all, HIV virions seem to be particularly fragile and many of them get degraded right after they've been assembled or after budding - being exposed to air greatly accelerates the rate of virion destruction.

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Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:14 am
 
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