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Teratogen Moderate

Teratogen has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any agent that interferes with normal embryonic development: alcohol or thalidomide or X-rays or rubella are examples

2

Any agent or substance which can cause malformation of an embryo or birth defects.

See Also
teratogenic aminonicotinamide substance malformation mutagen carcinogen birth defect teratoid
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
agent
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
thalidomide
Rhyming Words
gen agen lgen hugen regen gegen degen yugen wagen eigen vigen rogen eugen sagen dogen jigen ingen mugen dagen gagen
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