Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In medicine, a morbid formation, whether congenital, as a monstrosity, or of later development, as a tumor.
- noun The quality, common in mixed breeds, of having a low vitality and of being infertile.
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- noun medicine A
morbid ,monstrous , or pathological growth or product; anabnormality instructure ; amonstrosity .
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- noun inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile
Etymologies
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caco- + -genesis
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