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agenesis

[ ey-jen-uh-sis ]

noun

Pathology.
  1. absence of or failed development of a body part.
  2. sterility; impotence; barrenness.


agenesis

/ ˌeɪdʒəˈnɛtɪk; eɪˈdʒɛnɪsɪs /

noun

  1. (of an animal or plant) imperfect development
  2. impotence or sterility
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • agenetic, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ··Ա· [ey-j, uh, -, net, -ik], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of agenesis1

From New Latin, dating back to 1850–55; a- 6, genesis
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Example Sentences

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Born with sacral agenesis, a physical condition that makes her body different, Jones is excluded from “easy beauty,” Kate Tuttle wrote in The New York Times.

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Cats Protection's senior field veterinary officer Fiona Brockbank said it appeared to be a case of agenesis, the failure of an organ to develop, which she and her colleagues had never seen before.

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The medical name for my disability is sacral agenesis.

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She has congenital sacral agenesis, meaning she was born with no sacrum.

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Due to his missing corpus callosum, Ellis has a disorder called “agenesis of the corpus callosum.”

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