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mutafacient

mutafacient adjective: capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of intracellular agents).

Adjective

mutafacient (not comparable)

  1. capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of intracellular agents)
    • After indicating the mode in which these factors interact in determining the development of the organism and in affecting their own activist, it is shown that they have also a mutafacient action, i.e. are able to affect each other's mutation rates.1945, Plant Breeding Abstracts: Volume 15, page 4
    • Size of circle indicates frequency of seedlings, continuous and direct but mutafacient and indirect.1958, Genes, Plants, and People: Essays on Genetics, page 66
    Synonyms:
    mutagenic

Synonyms of mutafacient

Origin of mutafacient

From muta- + -facient.

Questions about mutafacient

What does mutafacient mean?
Mutafacient means capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of intracellular agents).
What part of speech is mutafacient?
Mutafacient is an adjective.

Words near mutafacient in the dictionary

  1. mutables
  2. mutably
  3. mutacin
  4. mutacins
  5. mutacism
  6. mutafacient
  7. mutage
  8. mutagen
  9. mutagenecity
  10. mutageneses
  11. mutagenesis

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