an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
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(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
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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)
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returning to a former state
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Regression \Re*gres"sion\ (r?*gr?sh"?n), n. [L. regressio: cf. F. r['e]gression.] The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation. --Sir T. Browne.
{Edge of regression} (of a surface) (Geom.), the line along which a surface turns back upon itself; -- called also a {cuspidal edge}.
{Regression point} (Geom.), a cusp.
He reported that eight patients showed "evidence of substantial tumor regression" but didn't elaborate on the extent or duration.
"For us, the permanent truce should come about simultaneously with the process of democratizing Nicaragua, and that is why the Sandinista proposal is a regression," Calero said.
What about the possibility of regression, a phenomenon neglected in Mr. Singer's extreme compression of history but evident for example in the long stagnation of the Chinese empire?
"There's been a crisis of regression to childhood.
"We do know regression of atherosclerosis can be shown in men, and I think we've been complacent in showing it in women.
Authors also noted a "striking regression" in the size of swollen lymph glands.
'Now, we're seeing a regression to simpler cameras,' he says. Single-use cameras, often referred to as 'disposable' cameras, have doubtless taken market share away from compacts.