promutagen

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noun

Any material that promotes the production of a mutagen.

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Meanings

nounpromutagen (plural promutagens)

plural promutagens

  1. Any material that promotes the production of a mutagen.

    Yogurt has shown antimutagenic effects against a range of mutagens and promutagens, in microbial and mammalian cell systems.

    2015 October 8, “Kefir Grains Change Fatty Acid Profile of Milk during Fermentation and Storage”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From pro- + mutagen.

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APA

promutagen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/promutagen

MLA

“promutagen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/promutagen. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “promutagen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/promutagen.

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