DYSGENESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dysgenesis mean? 

• DYSGENESIS (noun)
  The noun DYSGENESIS has 1 sense:

1. infertility between hybrids

  Familiarity information: DYSGENESIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DYSGENESIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Infertility between hybrids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("dysgenesis" is a kind of...):

infertility; sterility (the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate)

 Context examples 

It is often associated with gonadal dysgenesis and abnormal karyotype.

(Gonadoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with congenital hypothyroidism non-goitrous type 2, thyroid dysgenesis, thyroid follicular carcinomas and atypical follicular thyroid adenomas.

(PAX8 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Gonadal dysgenesis is usually part of a genetic syndrome.

(Gonadal dysgenesis, NCI Dictionary)

Point mutations of the gene are associated with gonadal dysgenesis.

(CBX2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A chromosomal dysgenesis syndrome resulting from a triplication or translocation of chromosome 21.

(Down Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with both ovarian dysgenesis type 1 and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.

(FSHR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include gonadal agenesis, dysgenesis, and hypogonadism.

(Non-Neoplastic Gonadal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with renal tubular dysgenesis and susceptibility to ischemic stroke, microvascular complications of diabetes type 3 and diabetic end-stage renal disease.

(ACE wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Men with gonadal dysgenesis have a greater risk of developing testicular cancer.

(Gonadal dysgenesis, NCI Dictionary)