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genotoxicity

genotoxicity noun: the condition of being genotoxic.

Noun

genotoxicity (countable and uncountable, plural genotoxicities)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being genotoxic.
    • Genotoxicity refers to potentially harmful effects on genetic material (DNA) which may occur directly through the induction of permanent transmissible changes (mutations) in the amount or structure of the DNA within cells.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
  2. (countable) The relative toxicity of a genotoxin.

Forms of genotoxicity

pluralgenotoxicities

Origin of genotoxicity

From geno- + toxicity or genotoxic + -ity.

Words formed from genotoxicity

Questions about genotoxicity

What does genotoxicity mean?
Genotoxicity means the condition of being genotoxic.
What part of speech is genotoxicity?
Genotoxicity is a noun.
What is the plural of genotoxicity?
The plural of genotoxicity is genotoxicities.

Words near genotoxicity in the dictionary

  1. genotoxic stresses
  2. genotoxically
  3. genotoxicant
  4. genotoxicants
  5. genotoxicities
  6. genotoxicity
  7. genotoxicological
  8. genotoxicology
  9. genotoxin
  10. genotoxins
  11. genotranscriptome

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