Usually means: Harmful to future generations' genetics.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. dysgenic: Merriam-Webster
  2. dysgenic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dysgenic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dysgenic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dysgenic: Vocabulary.com
  6. dysgenic: Wordnik
  7. dysgenic: Wiktionary
  8. dysgenic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. dysgenic: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. dysgenic: Dictionary.com
  11. Dysgenic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. dysgenic: Rhymezone
  13. dysgenic: FreeDictionary.org
  14. dysgenic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. dysgenic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. dysgenic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  4. dysgenic: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See dysgenics as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (dysgenic)

adjective:  (genetics, medicine) Of or relating to, or causing degeneration or deterioration in offspring.
adjective:  (genetics, medicine) Of or relating to dysgenics.

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