dysgenesis

English

Etymology

From dys- +‎ -genesis.

Pronunciation

Noun

dysgenesis (countable and uncountable, plural dysgeneses)

  1. (medicine) Defective development.
    • 1989, Raymond Adams, Maurice Victor, Principles of Neurology‎[1], →ISBN, page 980:
      Down Syndrome (Mongolism) Described first in 1866 by Langdon Down, this is the best known of the chromosomal dysgeneses.

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