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decay medical definition
noun
- The destruction or decomposition of organic matter as a result of bacterial or fungal action; rot.
- Dental caries.
- The loss of information that was registered by the senses and processed into the short-term memory system.
- Radioactive decay.
- To break down into component parts; rot.
- To disintegrate or diminish by radioactive decay.
- To decline in health or vigor; waste away.
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