teratogen

English

Etymology

From terato- +‎ -gen.

Noun

teratogen (plural teratogens)

1. (teratology) Any agent or substance which can cause malformation of an embryo or birth defects.

Hypernyms

• chemical
• drug
• hormone
• mutation

Related terms

• teratogenesis
• teratogenic
• teratogenically
• teratogenicity
• teratogeny

Translations

agent or substance which can cause malformation

• Catalan: teratogen (ca) m
• Finnish: teratogeeni (fi)
• French: tératogène (fr) m

See also

• carcinogen
• mutagen

Anagrams

• organette

Catalan

Etymology

From terato- +‎ -gen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tə.ɾəˈtɔ.ʒən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [te.ɾaˈtɔ.d͡ʒen]

Adjective

teratogen (feminine teratògena, masculine plural teratògens, feminine plural teratògenes)

1. teratogenic, causing the appearance of malformations.

Noun

teratogen m (plural teratògens)

1. (teratology) teratogen

Derived terms

• teratogènic

Further reading

• “teratogen” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “teratogen”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “teratogen” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tératogène.

Adjective

teratogen m or n (feminine singular teratogenă, masculine plural teratogeni, feminine and neuter plural teratogene)

1. teratogenic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	teratogen		teratogenă		teratogeni	teratogene
	definite	teratogenul		teratogena		teratogenii	teratogenele
genitive- dative	indefinite	teratogen		teratogene		teratogeni	teratogene
	definite	teratogenului		teratogenei		teratogenilor	teratogenelor

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English teratogen.

Adjective

teratogen (feminine singular teratogen, plural teratogen, not comparable)

1. teratogen

Mutation

Mutated forms of teratogen

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
teratogen	deratogen	nheratogen	theratogen

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Mutation

• Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎^[1] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN