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dysgeneses

dysgeneses is the plural of dysgenesis.

Meaning of dysgenesis

Noun

dysgenesis (countable and uncountable, plural dysgeneses)

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

Questions about dysgeneses

What is dysgeneses the plural of?
Dysgeneses is the plural of dysgenesis.

Words near dysgeneses in the dictionary

  1. dysfunctioning
  2. dysfunctions
  3. dysgammaglobulinaemia
  4. dysgammaglobulinemia
  5. dysgammaglobulinemias
  6. dysgeneses
  7. dysgenesic
  8. dysgenesis
  9. dysgenetic
  10. dysgenetically
  11. dysgenetics

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