Synonyms: retrogression, retroversion, reversion, regress, regression
Definition: returning to a former state
Similar words: reversal
Definition: a change from one state to the opposite state
Usage: there was a reversal of autonomic function
Synonyms: simple regression, statistical regression, regression, regression toward the mean
Definition: the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)
Similar words: statistical method, statistical procedure
Definition: a method of analyzing or representing statistical data; a procedure for calculating a statistic
Synonyms: regression
Definition: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
Similar words: defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction
Definition: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Synonyms: arrested development, infantile fixation, regression, fixation
Definition: an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
Similar words: abnormalcy, abnormality
Definition: an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies