What is "cacogenics"

cacogenics \cacogenics\ n. the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.

Syn: dysgenics.

n. (context medicine English) The opposite of eugenics; the aggregation of factors, through adverse sexual selection, tending to promote the deterioration of the race.

n : the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced [syn: dysgenics] [ant: eugenics]