cacogenic
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cacogenic — adj. pertaining to the study of the causes of degeneration in offspring (Biology) … English contemporary dictionary
cacogenic — caco·gen·ic … English syllables
cacogenic — adjective pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced • Syn: ↑dysgenic • Ant: ↑eugenic (for: ↑dysgenic) • Pertains to noun: ↑cacogenics, ↑dysgenics … Useful english dictionary
cacogenics — cacogenic, adj. /kak euh jen iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) dysgenics. [1915 20; CACO + (EU)GENICS] * * * … Universalium
dysgenic — adjective pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced • Syn: ↑cacogenic • Ant: ↑eugenic • Pertains to noun: ↑cacogenics (for: ↑cacogenic), ↑dysgenic … Useful english dictionary
cacogenics — noun the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced • Syn: ↑dysgenics • Ant: ↑eugenics (for: ↑dysgenics) • Derivationally related forms: ↑cacogenic, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
dysgenic — adj. of or pertaining to dysgenics. Syn: cacogenic. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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deformed — Synonyms and related words: abnormal, awry, bandy, bandy legged, baroque, bent, bizarre, blemished, bloated, bowlegged, cacogenic, checked, cicatrized, club footed, contorted, cracked, crazed, crippled, crooked, defaced, defective, disfigured,… … Moby Thesaurus
grotesque — Synonyms and related words: Gothic, aberrant, abnormal, absurd, anomalous, antic, art object, bandy, bandy legged, baroque, beyond belief, bizarre, blemished, bloated, bowlegged, brain born, brainchild, bric a brac, cacogenic, classic, club… … Moby Thesaurus
