teratogenic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, relating to, malformations or defects to an embryo or fetus.
adj
Causing malformations or defects to an embryo or fetus.
noun
A teratogenic agent.
Example Sentences
- "In particular, the impact of the biomaterial used remains to be defined; grafting (biotissue can be introduced via direct cell implantation (cell therapy), biotissue transplantation, or gene therapy); risk of teratogenic effect and of immune reaction (i.e., in the umbilical cord cells the immune risk being weaker); religious and legal issues with respect to the different country regulations."
- "[…] as well as chemicals (potentially toxic) used in daily routine in research and educational institutes, industries (e.g., carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic) and in household that may confer danger to the living beings if discharged in the umbworld."
Etymology
Etymology tree English terato- 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 teratogenic From terato- + -genic.