Dysgenesis
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Defective development. countable, uncountable
"Down Syndrome (Mongolism) Described first in 1866 by Langdon Down, this is the best known of the chromosomal dysgeneses."
- 2 infertility between hybrids wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Down Syndrome (Mongolism) Described first in 1866 by Langdon Down, this is the best known of the chromosomal dysgeneses."
Etymology
From dys- + -genesis.