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clastogens

clastogens is the plural of clastogen.

Meaning of clastogen

Noun

clastogen (plural clastogens)

  1. Any agent that causes breaks in chromosomes.
    • Chromosomal mutations are recognised as morphological alterations in the gross structure of chromosomes (i.e. they are structural aberrations which can be detected microscopically). Compounds that cause chromosome damage are called clastogens.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

Questions about clastogens

What is clastogens the plural of?
Clastogens is the plural of clastogen.

Words near clastogens in the dictionary

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

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