deletério
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See also: deleterio
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French délétère, from Ancient Greek δηλητήριος (dēlētḗrios, “noxious, deleterious”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]deletério (feminine deletéria, masculine plural deletérios, feminine plural deletérias)
- which corrupts or destroys
- Synonym: corruptor
- deleterious (harmful)
- (genetics) deleterious (having lower fitness)
Further reading
[edit]- “deletério”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “deletério”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “deletério” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “deletério”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “deletério”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “deletério”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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