genotoxic
1genotoxic — /jen ō tok sik/ adjective Harmful to genetic material, esp in causing genetic mutation ORIGIN: ↑gene and ↑toxic …
2genotoxic — Denoting a substance that by damaging DNA may cause mutation or cancer. [gene + toxic] * * * ge·no·tox·ic .jē nə täk sik adj damaging to genetic material <environmental exposure to genotoxic agents (P. A. Gaspar )(et al)> ge·no·tox·ic·i·ty …
3genotoxic — See genotoxin. * * * …
4genotoxic — adjective Capable of damaging genetic material such as DNA, and thus causing mutations or possibly cancer. See Also: genotoxin …
5genotoxic — adj. pertaining to a substance that by poisoning DNA may cause mutation or cancer …
6genotoxic — /ˈdʒinoʊtɒksik/ (say jeenohtoksik) adjective (of a chemical) having a deleterious effect on genetic material in living cells, as mutagens or carcinogens. {geno(type) + toxic} …
7genotoxic stress — noun Damage to the genome of an organism as the result of a genotoxin …
8genotoxic carcinogen — a carcinogen that reacts directly with DNA or with macromolecules that then react with DNA …
9poison — poisoner, n. poisonless, adj. poisonlessness, n. /poy zeuhn/, n. 1. a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health. 2. something harmful or pernicious, as to happiness or well being: the poison of slander. 3.… …
10Mobile phone radiation and health — A man speaking on a mobile telephone The effect of mobile phone radiation on human health is the subject of recent interest and study, as a result of the enormous increase in mobile phone usage throughout the world (as of June 2009 …
