Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chemical or other agent that damages cellular DNA, resulting in mutations or cancer.
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- noun oncology Any substance capable of causing
damage to cellularDNA and thus producingmutations orcancer .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin geno-, gene (from Greek genos, race, offspring; see genə- in Indo-European roots) + toxin.]
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The poison of Aspartame dipeptide is a deadly neurotoxin and genotoxin.
ASPARTAME IS NEUROTOXIC GENOTOXIC MOLECULAR FOOD & VACCINE PHARMACO-GENOCIDE 2008
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