dysgenesis

noun

dysgenesis

noun

Etymology From dys- + -genesis.

1

Medicine, Sciences 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:

Derived terms: dysgenesic, dysgenetic, dysgenetically, gonadal dysgenesis, gonadodysgenesis, goniodysgenesis, iridogoniodysgenesis, microdysgenesis, testicular dysgenesis syndrome, trabeculodysgenesis

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