dysgenesic

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of, pertaining to, or causing dysgenesis.
  2. Tending to stunt to interfere with normal healthy development.
    — Polymorphism under Dysgenesic Conditions. The variations manifested by bacteria are still more curious when the latter are placed under conditions unfavorable to their development.
  3. Infertile when crossed with a similar hybrid but marginally fertile when crossed with one of the parent species.
    — But the degree of fertility of these crossings varies greatly in different species, for while some are perfectly fertile (eugenesic), the progeny of others will rarely breed except with a mate belonging to one of the original species (paragenesic), whiles in other cases the hybrids produced are wholly infertile among themselves, and scarcely fertile with either of the parent species (dysgenesic), or wholly infertile (agenesic).
  4. Involving reproduction by couples of different races, believed to lead to inferior offspring. broadly
    — He would encourage by bonuses, eugenic and discourage by fines dysgenesic marriages among his employees.
  5. Tending to promote childlessness.
    — While waiting for separate colleges to become coeducational, as they eventually will, their present dysgenesic tendency can probably be reduced by the gradual introduction of men teachers into the women's colleges.

词形变化

more dysgenesic comparative most dysgenesic superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dews-?
Proto-Indo-European *dus-
Proto-Hellenic *dus-
Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der.
New Latin dys-der.
English dys-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis
Proto-Hellenic *génetis
Ancient Greek γένεσῐς (génesĭs)der.
Latinbor.
English -genesis
English dysgenesis
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English dysgenesic
From dysgenesis + -ic.
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