Deleterious Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Deleterious has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Adjective

harmful to living things

"deleterious chemical additives"

deleterious hurtful injurious

Harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way.

See Also

subtle deleteriousness degradation deletory nocebo effect muller's ratchet nondeleterious delete

Related Terms

subtle deleteriousness degradation deletory nocebo effect muller's ratchet nondeleterious delete unexpected deleteriously deletion

Rhyming Words

ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous

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