mutagenic

English

Etymology

From muta- +‎ -genic.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnɪk

Adjective

mutagenic (comparative more mutagenic, superlative most mutagenic)

1. Capable of causing mutation.

   Synonym: mutafacient

   • 2010, Nick Lantz, The Lightning That Strikes the Neighbors’ House, page 25:

     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?

2. Relating to mutagenesis.
   • 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^[1], →DOI:

     For the antimutagenicity evaluation, the same doses of CPN employed in the mutagenic evaluation were co-treated with their respective positive controls.

Derived terms

• antimutagenic
• hypermutagenic
• mutagenically
• mutagenicity
• mutagenic potency
• nonmutagenic
• paramutagenic
• premutagenic

 

Translations

capable of causing mutation

• Czech: mutagenní
• Hungarian: mutagén (hu)
• Italian: mutagenico, mutageno (it)
• Portuguese: mutagênico (Brazil), mutagénico (Portugal)
• Spanish: mutagénico
• Swedish: mutagen (sv)