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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdysgénésie
Pronunciation / Transliteration: dis-ʒe-ne-zi
"La dysgénésie gonadique est une condition médicale rare."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Defective development or deterioration in the genetic quality of a population or organism over generations.
"Some scientists debated whether modern socio-economic conditions could potentially lead to human dysgenesis." - 2
In biology and medicine, abnormal or defective organogenesis and structural development during embryonic stages.
"Gonadal dysgenesis is a congenital developmental disorder characterized by the progressive degeneration of the gonads."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek prefix dys- meaning 'bad' or 'abnormal', combined with genesis meaning 'origin', 'creation', or 'generation'. Coined in the late 19th and early 20th centuries within biological and medical contexts to describe defective development or genetic deterioration.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dysgenesis" is said worldwide
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dysgénésie
Transliteration: dis-ʒe-ne-zi
"La dysgénésie gonadique est une condition médicale rare."
Dysgenetik
Transliteration: dys-ɡe-ˈneː-tɪk
"Der Begriff beschreibt eine genetische Verschlechterung."
disgenesi
Transliteration: diz-ˈdʒe-ne-zi
"La disgenesi ovarica causa problemi di sviluppo."
disgenesia
Transliteration: dis-xe-ˈne-sja
"La disgenesia testicular afecta el desarrollo hormonal."
disgenesia
Transliteration: dʒis-ʒe-ˈni-zjɐ
"A disgenesia é um desenvolvimento anómalo."
अपजनन
Transliteration: apjanan
"अपजनन जैविक विकास में एक दोषपूर्ण प्रक्रिया है।"
基因发育不良
Transliteration: jī yīn fā yù bù liáng
"这种病症被称为性腺发育不良。"
발생이상
Transliteration: balsaeng isang
"생식선 발생이상은 선천적 질환입니다."
形成異常
Transliteration: keisei ijō
"性腺形成異常は遺伝子変異に関連しています。"
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