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euphenics

euphenics noun: measures intended to make biological (phenotypic) improvements to organisms after birth — commonly, but not necessarily, as applied to humans.

Noun

euphenics (uncountable)

  1. Measures intended to make biological (phenotypic) improvements to organisms after birth — commonly, but not necessarily, as applied to humans.
    • Euphenics is the science of management by environmental manipulation of the manifestations of genetic endowments. The symptoms of many genetic diseases that are now incurable will surely be assuaged by progress in euphenics. Whether euphenics will be sufficient to cure all hereditary diseases in...1977, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Evolution

Origin of euphenics

From eu- + phenotype + -ics.

Questions about euphenics

What does euphenics mean?
Euphenics means measures intended to make biological (phenotypic) improvements to organisms after birth — commonly, but not necessarily, as applied to humans.
What part of speech is euphenics?
Euphenics is a noun.

Words near euphenics in the dictionary

  1. euphemizers
  2. euphemizes
  3. euphemizing
  4. euphenic
  5. euphenically
  6. euphenics
  7. Euphie
  8. euphist
  9. euphists
  10. euphoberiid
  11. euphoberiids

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