dysgenesis

English

Etymology

dys- +‎ -genesis

Noun

dysgenesis (plural dysgeneses)

  1. (medicine) Defective development
    • 1989, Raymond Adams, Maurice Victor, Principles of Neurology‎, →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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