mutagenic

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English

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Etymology

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From muta- +‎ -genic.

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mutagenic (comparative more mutagenic, superlative most mutagenic)

  1. Capable of causing mutation.
    Synonym: mutafacient
    • 2010, Nick Lantz, The Lightning That Strikes the Neighbors’ House, page 25:
      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. Relating to mutagenesis.
    • 2015 September 4, “Genotoxic, Cytotoxic, Antigenotoxic, and Anticytotoxic Effects of Sulfonamide Chalcone Using the Ames Test and the Mouse Bone Marrow Micronucleus Test”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      For the antimutagenicity evaluation, the same doses of CPN employed in the mutagenic evaluation were co-treated with their respective positive controls.

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