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Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume
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Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English vol.
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Arabic 910 |
German 910 |
Spanish 910 |
Finnish 910 |
French 910 |
Italian 910 |
Polish 910 |
Portuguese 910 |
Russian 910 |
| 910-1 | eugenics | تحسين النسل (نسل) | Eugenik | Eugenesia | perinnöllisyyshygienia —rotuhygienia —eugeniikka |
eugénisme | eugenica | eugenika | EUGENIA | Евгеника |
| 910-2 | heredity | وراثة (وراثة) | Vererbung | herencia | perinnöllisyys | hérédité | ereditarietà | dziedziczność | HEREDITARIEDADE | Наследственность |
| 910-3 | gene | حوامل الصفات الوراثية (وراثة)—حوامل الصفات الوراثية (صفة) | Gen | genes | geeni | gène | gene | geny | GENES | Гены |
| 910-4 | genetics | علم الوراثة (علم) | Genetik | Genética | perinnöllisyystiede —genetiikka |
génétique | genetica | genetyka | GENÉTICA | Генетика |
In eugenics 1, a theory which examined the role of heredity 2, the transmission of hereditary characteristics 3, such as the color of the eyes, from generation to generation. Acquired characteristics 4 are not so transmitted. A lethal characteristic 5 generally brings about the early death of the foetus.
- 1. Eugenics, n. - eugenic, adj. - eugenist, n.: a specialist in eugenics.
- 2. Heredity, n. - hereditary, adj.
