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adj
Of or relating to, or causing degeneration or deterioration in offspring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of or relating to dysgenics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: cacogenic
Antonyms: eugenic
adjective
pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cacogenic
Antonyms: eugenic
History
From dys- + -genic, produced from New Latin dys- from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) and γένος (génos, “offspring”).
