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dysgenesis

dysgenesis noun: defective development.

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

dysgenesis meaning in Tamil

dysgenesis in Tamil

செனிப்புக்கேடு

Forms of dysgenesis

pluraldysgeneses

Origin of dysgenesis

From dys- + -genesis.

Words formed from dysgenesis

Phrases with dysgenesis

Questions about dysgenesis

What does dysgenesis mean?
Dysgenesis means defective development.
What is dysgenesis in Tamil?
Dysgenesis in Tamil is செனிப்புக்கேடு. See Dysgenesis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dysgenesis?
Dysgenesis is a noun.
What is the plural of dysgenesis?
The plural of dysgenesis is dysgeneses.

Words near dysgenesis in the dictionary

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

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