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eugenic

[ yoo-jen-ik ]
/ yuˈdʒɛn ɪk /
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adjective

of or bringing about improvement in the type of offspring produced.
having good inherited characteristics.

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Also eu·gen·i·cal .
Compare dysgenic.

Origin of eugenic

1880–85; <Greek eugen(ḗs) wellborn (see eu-, -gen) + -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM eugenic

Words nearby eugenic

Eufaula, euflavine, eugarie, Eugene, Eugenia, eugenic, eugenicist, eugenics, Eugénie, Eugenius I, Eugenius II
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Words related to eugenic

ancestral, historical, hereditary, patrimonial, abiogenetic, digenetic, genital, matriclinous, phytogenetic, sporogenous, xenogenetic

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Medical definitions for eugenic

eugenic
[ yōō-jĕn′ĭk ]

adj.

Of or relating to eugenics.
Relating or adapted to the production of good or improved offspring.
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