Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

genotoxic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.83 in modern English

Syllables: geno-tox-ic
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of damaging genetic material such as DNA, and thus causing mutations or possibly cancer.

Etymology

Etymology tree English geno- Undeterminedder.? Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin toxicusbor. French toxiquebor. English toxic English genotoxic From geno- + toxic.

Inflected Forms

more genotoxic (comparative) most genotoxic (superlative)

Derived Forms

antigenotoxic cytogenotoxic epigenotoxic genotoxically genotoxicity nongenotoxic subgenotoxic

Phrases

genotoxic stress

Frequently Paired Words

genotoxicant genotoxin

Questions

What does genotoxic mean?: Capable of damaging genetic material such as DNA, and thus causing mutations or possibly cancer.
Where does genotoxic come from?: Etymology tree English geno- Undeterminedder.? Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin toxicusbor. French toxiquebor. English toxic English genotoxic From geno- + toxic.

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