Usually means: Degeneration or deterioration of genetic qualities.
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noun:  (medicine) A morbid, monstrous, or pathological growth or product; an abnormality in structure; a monstrosity.
noun:  (archaic) Racial deterioration through weak or ineffective sexual selection.

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