mutagenic
mutagenic adjective: capable of causing mutation.
Adjective
mutagenic (comparative more mutagenic, superlative most mutagenic)
- Capable of causing mutation.
- Would it help to say that we misunderestimated the effects of Frankenfood and mutagenic smog, to speculate that amid all our infornography and anticipointment, some crisitunity slumbered unnoticed in a roadside motel?2010, Nick Lantz, The Lightning That Strikes the Neighbors’ House, page 25
- Synonyms:
- mutafacient
- Relating to mutagenesis.
- For the antimutagenicity evaluation, the same doses of CPN employed in the mutagenic evaluation were co-treated with their respective positive controls.2015 September 4, “Genotoxic, Cytotoxic, Antigenotoxic, and Anticytotoxic Effects of Sulfonamide Chalcone Using the Ames Test and the Mouse Bone Marrow Micronucleus Test”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Synonyms of mutagenic
Forms of mutagenic
| comparative | more mutagenic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most mutagenic |
Origin of mutagenic
From muta- + -genic.
Words formed from mutagenic
Words that rhyme with mutagenic
- autogenic
- schizophrenic
- Hellenic
- heterogenic
- photogenic
- allergenic
- angiotenic
- anthropogenic
- biogenic
- cacogenic
- cariogenic
- catagenic
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- dysgenic
- eugenic
- hypoallergenic
- oncogenic
- pathogenic
- phrenic
- pyrogenic
- selenic
- telegenic
- anogenic
- antigenic
- asthenic
- callisthenic
- carcinogenic
- cinegenic
- cryogenic
- cytogenic
- dissociogenic
- dynamogenic
- fennec
- fibroadipogenic
- galenic
- haemogenic
- hallucinogenic
- ketogenic
- lactigenic
- linolenic
- multiantigenic
- neurasthenic
- neuritogenic
- nonleukemogenic
- ontogenic
- paratenic
- prothrombogenic
- spermatogenic
- sthenic
- supramitogenic
- thermogenic
- thiophenic
- thrombogenic
- toxicogenic
- tungstenic
- typhogenic
- zoogenic
Questions about mutagenic
- What does mutagenic mean?
- Mutagenic means capable of causing mutation.
- What part of speech is mutagenic?
- Mutagenic is an adjective.
Words near mutagenic in the dictionary
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