Dictionary

mutagenic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English muta- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic English mutagenic From muta- + -genic.

Meanings

1. 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:
2. 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:

Forms

Deriveds

antimutagenic · desmutagenic · hypermutagenic · equimutagenic · mutagenicity · nonmutagenic · supermutagenic · promutagenic · mutagenically · premutagenic · paramutagenic · epimutagenic · mutagenic potency

Synonyms

mutafacient

Translations (8)

pt mutagénico (capable of causing mutation) · cs mutagenní (capable of causing mutation) · it mutageno (capable of causing mutation) · it mutagenico (capable of causing mutation) · hu mutagén (capable of causing mutation) · pt mutagênico (capable of causing mutation) · es mutagénico (capable of causing mutation) · sv mutagen (capable of causing mutation)