hairy cell leukemia a form of chronic leukemia marked by splenomegaly and by an abundance of abnormal large mononuclear cells covered by hairlike villi (hairy cells) in the bone marrow, spleen, liver, and peripheral blood.
A set of orbitals are said to be degenerate if they all have the same energy. This degeneracy can sometimes be lifted by external electric or magnetic fields.
Full Definition of DEGENERATE. 1. a: having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state b: having sunk to a condition below that which is normal to a type; especially: having sunk to a lower and usually corrupt and vicious state c: degraded 2.2. 3.ull Definition of DEGENERATE. intransitive verb. 1. : to pass from a higher to a lower type or condition: deteriorate. 2. : to sink into a low intellectual or moral state. 3. 4. : to decline from a condition or from the standards of a species, race, or breed.