dysgenesis

1. 1.

   infertility between hybrids

   Broadersterility

Other forms of dysgenesis

plural

dysgenesises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dysgenesis

What does dysgenesis mean?

dysgenesis means "infertility between hybrids".

How many syllables are in dysgenesis?

dysgenesis has 4 syllables and divides as dys-ge-ne-sis under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.