genotoxicity

English

Etymology

From geno- +‎ toxicity or genotoxic +‎ -ity.

Noun

genotoxicity (countable and uncountable, plural genotoxicities)

1. (oncology, uncountable) The condition of being genotoxic.
   • 2009, Lutz Müller, Anke Lühe, “Preclinical safety testing”, in John P. Griffin, editor, The Textbook of Pharmaceutical Medicine, 6th edition, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 120:

     Genotoxicity refers to potentially harmful effects on genetic material (DNA) which may occur directly through the induction of permanent transmissible changes (mutations) in the amount or structure of the DNA within cells.

2. (oncology, countable) The relative toxicity of a genotoxin.

Derived terms

• antigenotoxicity
• cytogenotoxicity
• epigenotoxicity