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teratogen

teratogen noun: any agent or substance which can cause malformation of an embryo or birth defects.

Noun

teratogen (plural teratogens)

  1. Any agent or substance which can cause malformation of an embryo or birth defects.

teratogen meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

teratogen in Tamil

கரு வளர்ச்சிக் குறைப்பி, கருஊனம் ஊக்கி, பூதச்செனி, கருவளர்ச்சிக் குறைபாட்டுக் காரணி

teratogen in Indonesian

agent or substance which can cause malformation
teratogen

Forms of teratogen

pluralteratogens

Origin of teratogen

From terato- + -gen.

Words formed from teratogen

Questions about teratogen

What does teratogen mean?
Teratogen means any agent or substance which can cause malformation of an embryo or birth defects.
What is teratogen in Tamil?
Teratogen in Tamil is கரு வளர்ச்சிக் குறைப்பி, கருஊனம் ஊக்கி, பூதச்செனி. See Teratogen meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is teratogen?
Teratogen is a noun.
What is the plural of teratogen?
The plural of teratogen is teratogens.

Words near teratogen in the dictionary

  1. teratocellular
  2. teratocyte
  3. teratocytes
  4. teratodontine
  5. teratodontines
  6. teratogen
  7. teratogeneses
  8. teratogenesis
  9. teratogenetic
  10. teratogenic
  11. teratogenically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: teratogen (page history and authors); teratogen (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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