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genotoxicology

genotoxicology noun: the branch of toxicology that deals with the genetic effects of toxic substances, especially to the production of mutation by chemical means.

Noun

genotoxicology (uncountable)

  1. The branch of toxicology that deals with the genetic effects of toxic substances, especially to the production of mutation by chemical means

Origin of genotoxicology

From geno- + toxicology.

Words formed from genotoxicology

Questions about genotoxicology

What does genotoxicology mean?
Genotoxicology means the branch of toxicology that deals with the genetic effects of toxic substances, especially to the production of mutation by chemical means.
What part of speech is genotoxicology?
Genotoxicology is a noun.

Words near genotoxicology in the dictionary

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

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