cacogenesis | (noun) inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile | - |
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cacogenic | (adjective) pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced | Synonyms: dysgenic |
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cacogenics | (noun) the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced | Synonyms: dysgenics |
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cogency | (noun) the quality of being valid and rigorous | Synonyms: rigor, rigour, validity |
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(noun) persuasive relevance | - |
cogent | (adjective) powerfully persuasive | Synonyms: telling, weighty |
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glycogen | (noun) one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body | Synonyms: animal starch |
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glycogenesis | (noun) the conversion of glucose to glycogen when the glucose in the blood exceeds the demand | - |
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(noun) the formation in animals of glycogen from glucose | - |
glycogenic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving glycogen | - |
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oncogene | (noun) a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells | Synonyms: transforming gene |
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pharmacogenetics | (noun) the branch of genetics that studies the genetically determined variations in responses to drugs in humans or laboratory organisms | - |
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