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Teratogen

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any agent or substance which can cause malformation of an embryo or birth defects.
  2. 2
    any agent that interferes with normal embryonic development: alcohol or thalidomide or X-rays or rubella are examples wordnet

Etymology

From terato- + -gen.

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