Etymology

clastogenic

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Today it means: capable of causing damage to chromosomes Full definition →

Ancient Greek κλάω
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκλάω“to break”
  2. English todayclastogenic

From Ancient Greek κλάω (kláō, “to break”) + -genic.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκλάω all →

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