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embryocidal

embryocidal adjective: that is lethal to an embryo.

Adjective

embryocidal (not comparable)

  1. That is lethal to an embryo

Origin of embryocidal

From embryo + -cidal.

Questions about embryocidal

What does embryocidal mean?
Embryocidal means that is lethal to an embryo.
What part of speech is embryocidal?
Embryocidal is an adjective.

Words near embryocidal in the dictionary

  1. embryoblasts
  2. embryocarcinoma
  3. embryocarcinomas
  4. embryocardia
  5. embryocardias
  6. embryocidal
  7. embryoctony
  8. embryofetal
  9. embryofetopathies
  10. embryofetopathy
  11. embryofetoscope

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