Medical term:
dysgenic
dys·gen·ic
(dis-jen'ik),Applying to factors that have a detrimental effect on hereditary qualities, physical or mental.
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dysgenic
Genetics Tending to promote survival or reproduction of less well-adapted individuals especially at the expense of well-adapted individuals of a population. See Adaptation, Population, Reproduction, Survival.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
dys·gen·ic
(dis-jen'ik)Applying to factors that have a detrimental effect on hereditary qualities, physical or mental.
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dysgenic
of, or relating to a deleterious genetic change. See also TURNER'S SYNDROME.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
dysgenics
(dĭs-jĕn′ĭks)n. (used with a sing. verb)
The belief that deterioration of the human gene pool occurs by the increased survival and reproduction of people with undesirable traits.
dys·gen′ic adj.
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