involution

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This process is called thymic involution, and it reduces the body's ability to produce new T cells.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

The efforts so far focus on several industries where involution is particularly pronounced such as steel, coal, batteries, electric vehicles and food delivery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

“I thought by opening a stall I could escape the involution of looking for work,” one vendor wrote on Xiaohongshu.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2023

"If this can't be halted, the trends in place could lead to a progressive and unsustainable involution of the human capital of most of southern Italy."

From Reuters • Jan. 25, 2023

As has been stated, arteriosclerosis of all types is an involution process that advances with age.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall