dysgenesis

English

Etymology

From dys- +‎ -genesis.

Noun

dysgenesis (countable and uncountable, plural dysgeneses)

1. (medicine) Defective development.
   • 1989, Raymond Adams, Maurice Victor, Principles of Neurology‎^[1], →ISBN, page 980:

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

Derived terms

• dysgenesic
• dysgenetic
• dysgenetically
• gonadal dysgenesis
• gonadodysgenesis
• goniodysgenesis
• iridogoniodysgenesis
• microdysgenesis
• testicular dysgenesis syndrome
• trabeculodysgenesis