Meanings
comparative more mutagenic · superlative most mutagenic
- Capable of causing mutation.
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?
2010, Nick Lantz, The Lightning That Strikes the Neighbors’ House, page 25Synonyms: mutafacient
- Relating to mutagenesis.
For the antimutagenicity evaluation, the same doses of CPN employed in the mutagenic evaluation were co-treated with their respective positive controls.
2015 September 4, “Genotoxic, Cytotoxic, Antigenotoxic, and Anticytotoxic Effects of Sulfonamide Chalcone Using the Ames Test and the Mouse Bone Marrow Micronucleus Test”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCapable of causing mutation.
Origin
- Englishmuta-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
- Proto-Hellenic*génos
- Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
- Englishmutagenic
Translations
Czech mutagenní
- mutagennícapable of causing mutation
Hungarian mutagén
- mutagéncapable of causing mutation
Italian mutagenico, mutageno
- mutagenicocapable of causing mutation
- mutagenocapable of causing mutation
Portuguese mutagênico, mutagénico
- mutagênicocapable of causing mutation
- mutagénicocapable of causing mutation
Spanish mutagénico
- mutagénicocapable of causing mutation
Swedish mutagen
- mutagencapable of causing mutation
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mutagenic
Cite this entry
mutagenic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mutagenic
“mutagenic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mutagenic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mutagenic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mutagenic.
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