Medical Dictionary

inbreeding

noun in·breed·ing \ˈin-ˈbrēd-iŋ\

Medical Definition of INBREEDING

:  the interbreeding of closely related individuals especially to preserve and fix desirable characters of and to eliminate unfavorable characters from a stock—compare linebreeding, outbreeding
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