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epigenotoxic

epigenotoxic adjective: capable of causing damage to the way by DNA sequences are activated or deactivated, leading to cancer.

Adjective

epigenotoxic (not comparable)

  1. Capable of causing damage to the way by DNA sequences are activated or deactivated, leading to cancer.
    • BD is also an epigenotoxic agent. BD-induced genotoxic and epigenotoxic events have been shown to be due to interstrain differences (Koturbashet al.,2011).2012, Saura C. Sahu, Toxicology and Epigenetics, →ISBN
    • 1,3-Butadiene is a common carcinogenic environmental contaminant and is considered an epigenotoxic agent (i.e., it affects DNA and histone methylation).2015, Trygve Tollefsbol, Personalized Epigenetics, →ISBN, page 256

Origin of epigenotoxic

From epi- + genotoxic.

Questions about epigenotoxic

What does epigenotoxic mean?
Epigenotoxic means capable of causing damage to the way by DNA sequences are activated or deactivated, leading to cancer.
What part of speech is epigenotoxic?
Epigenotoxic is an adjective.

Words near epigenotoxic in the dictionary

  1. epigenome
  2. epigenomes
  3. epigenomic
  4. epigenomically
  5. epigenomics
  6. epigenotoxic
  7. epigenotoxicity
  8. epigenotype
  9. epigenotyped
  10. epigenotypes
  11. epigenotypic

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