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sterility vs dysgenesis

dysgenesis vs sterility

sterility and dysgenesis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sterility Yes No No No
dysgenesis Yes No No No
As nouns, dysgenesis is a hyponym of sterility; that is, dysgenesis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sterility:
  • sterility: the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate
  • dysgenesis: infertility between hybrids
Other hyponyms of sterility include impotence, impotency, barrenness, cacogenesis.
sterility (noun) dysgenesis (noun)
the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate infertility between hybrids
(of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms
Difference between sterility and dysgenesis

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