Dictionary

mutagenicity en · NOUN

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 Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English mutagenicity From mutagenic + -ity.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The condition of being mutagenic.
   • The Ames test proved that mutagenicity was linked to carcinogenicity. 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 303:
2. (countable) A measure of the extent to which something is mutagenic.

Forms

Deriveds

paramutagenicity · photomutagenicity

Translations (13)

el μεταλλαξιγένεση (mutagenic condition or degree of mutagenic capacity) · de Mutagenität (mutagenic condition or degree of mutagenic capacity) · el μεταλλαξιτενία (mutagenic condition or degree of mutagenic capacity) · es mutagenicidad (mutagenic condition or degree of mutagenic capacity) · ca mutagenicitat (mutagenic condition or degree of mutagenic capacity) · nb mutagenitet (mutagenic condition or degree of mutagenic capacity) · ast mutaxenicidá (mutagenic condition or degree of mutagenic capacity) · it mutagenicità (mutagenic condition or degree of mutagenic capacity) · fr mutagénicité (mutagenic condition or degree of mutagenic capacity) · fr pouvoir mutagène (mutagenic condition or degree of mutagenic capacity) · pt mutagenicidade (mutagenic condition or degree of mutagenic capacity) · gl mutaxenicidade (mutagenic condition or degree of mutagenic capacity) · sv mutagenicitet (mutagenic condition or degree of mutagenic capacity)