What does "inbreeding" mean?

Breeding between members of a relatively small population, especially one in which most members are related.

Inbreeding

Common synonyms include: breeding, consanguinate, consanguineous, consanguinity, endogamous, fitness decline.

noun, verb

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Noun

1
Breeding between members of a relatively small population, especially one in which most members are related. countable, uncountable
"Inbreeding can result in handicapped children."
2
the act of mating closely related individuals wordnet

Verb

"Inbreeding increases the risk of many genetic diseases."