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Dysgenesis

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Dysgenesis is a noun meaning (medicine) Defective development.

Meaning

(medicine) Defective development.

Example Sentences

Down Syndrome (Mongolism) Described first in 1866 by Langdon Down, this is the best known of the chromosomal dysgeneses.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gonadal, dysontogenesis, dysembryogenesis, dysostosis, dysmorphogenesis, maldevelopment.

gonadaldysontogenesisdysembryogenesisdysostosisdysmorphogenesismaldevelopmentdysplasiahemiagenesisdyspoiesisdysmegakaryocytopoiesisdyshemopoiesisarthrodysplasiadysencephaliamalformationdysmeliadysmyelopoiesisodontodysplasiaosteodystrophy

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