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clastogenic

clastogenic adjective: capable of causing damage to chromosomes.

Adjective

clastogenic (not comparable)

  1. capable of causing damage to chromosomes

Origin of clastogenic

From Ancient Greek κλάω (kláō, “to break”) + -genic.

Words formed from clastogenic

Questions about clastogenic

What does clastogenic mean?
Clastogenic means capable of causing damage to chromosomes.
What part of speech is clastogenic?
Clastogenic is an adjective.

Words near clastogenic in the dictionary

  1. clastic
  2. clastics
  3. clastogen
  4. clastogeneses
  5. clastogenesis
  6. clastogenic
  7. clastogenicity
  8. clastogens
  9. clastokine
  10. clastokines
  11. clastopterid

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