Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or causing malformations of an embryo or fetus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Producing monsters; of or pertaining to teratogeny.
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- adjective teratology Of, relating to,
malformations ordefects to anembryo orfoetus . - adjective teratology Causing
malformations ordefects to anembryo orfoetus . - noun A teratogenic agent.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to substances or agents that can interfere with normal embryonic development
Etymologies
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Examples
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What the word teratogenic means (teratology is the study of abnormalities in physical development).
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But the World Health Organization reports that "propoxur is not considered mutagenic, embryotoxic, or teratogenic WHO, 2003."
Bill Chameides: Is Propoxur the Way to Not Let the Bedbugs Bite? Bill Chameides 2011
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Just as the Guichen people are justly concerned about habitat destruction caused by oil drilling in ANWAR effecting their sole food source (caribou) The Cree are hit very hard by Oil Shale mining, Cancer rates and birth defects are up as are other teratogenic effects on inhabitants.
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Just as the Guichen people are justly concerned about habitat destruction caused by oil drilling in ANWAR effecting their sole food source (caribou) The Cree are hit very hard by Oil Shale mining, Cancer rates and birth defects are up as are other teratogenic effects on inhabitants.
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Depending on the timing, the severity of the exposure, and the mother's genetic defenses, such exposures can be lethal, teratogenic (cause anomalies, growth retardation) have effects that aren't apparent until a child is older, or have no effects.
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The irony is that the teratogenic properties that caused the birth defects are the same properties that made it an effective cancer treatment.
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It is correct that thalidomide was not rapidly approved and its teratogenic properties became evident in the meantime.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Political Ignorance and the Case Against Paternalistic Regulation: 2009
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It is correct that thalidomide was not rapidly approved and its teratogenic properties became evident in the meantime.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Political Ignorance and the Case Against Paternalistic Regulation: 2009
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German measles early in the pregnancy, exposure to radiation and teratogenic medications.
Abortion. leBeit Yoreh 2009
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The end product is a concentrated mass of heavy metals and carcinogenic, teratogenic, and hormone-disrupting chemicals, replete with antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Andrew Kimbrell: The Obama Organic Family Garden: Swimming in Sludge? 2009
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They found notes from the manufacturer, Sanofi, that stated that valproate could be teratogenic – harmful to foetuses.
The mothers fighting a scandal bigger than thalidomide: ‘We were told the medication was safe’ Anna Moore 2024
danama commented on the word teratogenic
"causing the formation of monsters," 1879, from teratogeny (1857), from comb. form of Greek teras (genitive teratos) "marvel, monster" + -genic, producing, forming
– online etymology dictionary
February 20, 2013