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CACOGENICS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cacogenics mean?
• CACOGENICS (noun)
The noun CACOGENICS has 1 sense:
1. the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced
Familiarity information: CACOGENICS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
cacogenics; dysgenics
Hypernyms ("cacogenics" is a kind of...):
bioscience; life science (any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms)
Derivation:
cacogenic (pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced)
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