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teratogen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables
ter-ato-gen
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any agent or substance which can cause malformation of an embryo or birth defects.

Etymology

From terato- + -gen.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

teratogens (plural)

Derived Forms

cardioteratogen neuroteratogen

Frequently Paired Words

teratogenesis teratogenic teratogenically teratogenicity teratogeny carcinogen mutagen

Questions

What does teratogen mean?
Any agent or substance which can cause malformation of an embryo or birth defects.
Where does teratogen come from?
From terato- + -gen.

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