Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mutagenic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables: mu-ta-genic
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of causing mutation.

adj

Relating to mutagenesis.

Example Sentences

"Would it help to say that we misunderestimated the effects of Frankenfood and mutagenic smog, to speculate that amid all our infornography and anticipointment, some crisitunity slumbered unnoticed in a roadside motel?"
"For the antimutagenicity evaluation, the same doses of CPN employed in the mutagenic evaluation were co-treated with their respective positive controls."

Etymology

Etymology tree English muta- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic English mutagenic From muta- + -genic.

Inflected Forms

more mutagenic (comparative) most mutagenic (superlative)

Derived Forms

antimutagenic desmutagenic epimutagenic equimutagenic hypermutagenic mutagenically mutagenicity nonmutagenic paramutagenic premutagenic promutagenic supermutagenic

Phrases

mutagenic potency

Synonyms

mutafacient

Rhymes With

schizophrenic pathogenic hygienic photogenic hellenic anthropogenic carcinogenic cryogenic hallucinogenic ketogenic hypoallergenic antigenic

Questions

What does mutagenic mean?: Capable of causing mutation.
Where does mutagenic come from?: Etymology tree English muta- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic English mutagenic From muta- + -genic.

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