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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun the degree or measure of the ability to cause mutation{3}; -- said of mutagens.

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  • noun uncountable The condition of being mutagenic
  • noun countable A measure of the extent to which something is mutagenic

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Examples

  • The main divergence from the procedure used in the latter is the substitution of short-term mutagenicity studies for lifespan studies as indicators of potential carcinogenicity.

    Chapter 26 1979

  • The biomarkers that increased were micronuclei in blood lymphocytes, which have been associated with cancer risk in healthy subjects, and urine mutagenicity, which is a biomarker of exposure to genotoxic agents.

    YubaNet.com 2010

  • The biomarkers that increased were micronuclei in blood lymphocytes, which have been associated with cancer risk in healthy subjects, and urine mutagenicity, which is a biomarker of exposure to genotoxic agents.

    Endonurse News Only Feed 2010

  • The Ames test proved that mutagenicity was linked to carcinogenicity, but mutations in which genes, and by what mechanism?

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • The Ames test proved that mutagenicity was linked to carcinogenicity, but mutations in which genes, and by what mechanism?

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • The Ames test proved that mutagenicity was linked to carcinogenicity, but mutations in which genes, and by what mechanism?

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • In a battery of 23 laboratory mutagenicity assays, imidacloprid tested negative for mutagenic effects in all but two of the assays.

    Benn No Buddy to Bees 2009

  • It is true that vaccines are not evaluated for the potential to cause carcinogenicity, genotoxicity, and mutagenicity, etc., and it seems that they do not have to be, as they get approval without this necessary testing being done.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • Dr. Marvin Legator, professor and director of environmental toxicology at the University of Texas and the pioneer of mutagenicity testing at the FDA from 1962 to 1972 was asked by Common Cause Magazine to review the FDA investigation results of G.

    Diet Soda and Lobbyists Clouded Vision of Hawaii Senate Health Chair? Aspartame Resolution Unscheduled and Thus Dies! 2008

  • I'm writing this without looking up the mutagenicity rates of HPV but since it causes cancer I'm assuming its high enough that my point is valid.

    Is 70% Good Enough? 1 Dinosaur 2008

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