"dysgenic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /dɪsˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪk/ Forms: more dysgenic [comparative], most dysgenic [superlative]
enPR: dĭs-jĕnʹĭk Rhymes: -ɛnɪk Etymology: From dys- + -genic, produced from New Latin dys- from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) and γένος (génos, “offspring”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{confix|en|dys-|-genic}} dys- + -genic, {{der|en|la-new|dys-}} New Latin dys-, {{der|en|grc|δυσ-|t=bad}} Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} dysgenic (comparative more dysgenic, superlative most dysgenic)
  1. (genetics, medicine) Of or relating to, or causing degeneration or deterioration in offspring.
    Sense id: en-dysgenic-en-adj-AihT2Zgm Categories (other): Genetics, Medicine, English terms prefixed with dys- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dys-: 45 55 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  2. (genetics, medicine) Of or relating to dysgenics. Synonyms: cacogenic
    Sense id: en-dysgenic-en-adj-CbLwfvyD Categories (other): Genetics, Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with dys-, English terms suffixed with -genic, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dys-: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -genic: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dysgenically, dysgenicity, dysgenics, nondysgenic Related terms: dysgenesic, dysgenesis, dysgenetic, dysgenetically, dysgenetics

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