cacogenesis
A morbid, monstrous, or pathological growth or productA morbid, monstrous, or pathological growth or product; an abnormality in structure; a monstrosity.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A morbid, monstrous, or pathological growth or product; an abnormality in structure; a monstrosity.
(archaic, uncountable)Racial deterioration through weak or ineffective sexual selection.
More definitions
- inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile
Origin
From caco- + -genesis.From caco- + -genesis.
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedcacogenic
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable