dysgenesis
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dys·gen·e·sis
(dĭs-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs)n.
Defective or abnormal development of an organ, especially of the gonads.
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dysgenesis
(dɪsˈdʒɛnɪsɪs)n
(Biology) a condition of sterility or defective development and, in particular, the condition in which issue are sterile with each other but have the ability to engender sterile progeny with either parent
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dysgenesis
lack of or partial fertility, as found in hybrids like the mule, which cannot breed amongst themselves but only with the parent stock. — dysgenetic, adj.
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Noun | 1. | dysgenesis - infertility between hybrids infertility, sterility - the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate |
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dys·gen·e·sis
, dysgenesian. disgénesis, defecto, malformación hereditaria.
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