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Meaning of EUGENIC

Pronunciation:  yoo'jenik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced
 
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 Antonyms: cacogenic, dysgenic
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Eu*gen"ic\ ([-u]*j[e^]n"[i^]k), a. [See {Eugenia}.]
    (Chem.)
    Pertaining to, or derived from, cloves; as, eugenic acid.
    
  2. \Eu*gen"ic\ ([-u]*j[e^]n"[i^]k), a. [Gr. e'ygenh`s.]
    Well-born; of high birth. --Atlantic Monthly.
    
 

 

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