Mutagenic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of causing mutation.

    "Would it help to say that we misunderestimated the effects of Frankenfood and mutagenic smog, to speculate that amid all our infornography and anticipointment, some crisitunity slumbered unnoticed in a roadside motel?"

  2. 2
    Relating to mutagenesis.

    "For the antimutagenicity evaluation, the same doses of CPN employed in the mutagenic evaluation were co-treated with their respective positive controls."

Adjective
  1. 1
    capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of extracellular factors such as X-rays or chemical pollution) wordnet

Synonyms

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mutafacientmutafacient

Example

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"Don't smell it. It might be mutagenic."

Etymology

From muta- + -genic.

Related phrases

mutagenic potency

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