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-	# The process of growing [[worse]], or the state of having grown worse.	+	Deterioration is a term now commonly used in health care, to describe worsening of a patient's condition. It is often used as a shortened form of 'deterioration not recognised or not acted upon'. Much work to reduce harm from deterioration has been undertaken by the National Patient Safety Agency. {{wiktionary}}
		+	'''Deterioration''', from Latin ''deteriorare'' "to make worse", from ''deterior'' "lower, worse", may refer to:
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		+	* Physical [[wear]]
		+	* [[Degeneration]]
		+	* [[Genetic deterioration]]
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		+	==See also==
		+	* [[Degeneracy (disambiguation)]]
		+	* ''[[Deteriorata]]'', parody and portmanteau of "Desiderata" and "deteriorate"
		+	* [[Deter (disambiguation)]]
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Deterioration is a term now commonly used in health care, to describe worsening of a patient's condition. It is often used as a shortened form of 'deterioration not recognised or not acted upon'. Much work to reduce harm from deterioration has been undertaken by the National Patient Safety Agency.

Deterioration, from Latin deteriorare "to make worse", from deterior "lower, worse", may refer to:

• Physical wear
• Degeneration
• Genetic deterioration

See also

• Degeneracy (disambiguation)
• Deteriorata, parody and portmanteau of "Desiderata" and "deteriorate"
• Deter (disambiguation)