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Adjective
dysgonic (not comparable)
- (biology, of a bacterial culture) Growing or seeding slowly or badly.
- Antonym: eugonic
1952, The Journal of Experimental Medicine, volume 96, page 217:Dysgonic strains cultivated in liquid media with fatty acids do not, however, grow as fast as eugonic strains.