Mutagenic

Definition: Mutagenic

Mutagenic

Adjective

1. Capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of extracellular factors such as X-rays or chemical pollution).

Specialty Definition: Mutagenic

Domain	Definition
Health	Inducing genetic mutation. (references)
Medicine	Any agent, such as x-rays, gamma rays, mustard gas, TCDD, that can cause abnormal mutation in living cells ; having the power to cause mutations. Source: European Union. (references)
	Having the power to cause mutations. Source: European Union. (references)
	A substance which, through immediate, prolonged or repeated contact with the skin may involve a risk of hereditable genetic defects. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Mutagenic

Synonyms by domain: mutagen (medicine).

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Crosswords: Mutagenic

Specialty definitions using "mutagenic": 1-Naphthylamine ♦ 2-amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo ♦ Aflatoxin B1, Aflatoxin M1, Alkylating Agents, Ames test ♦ Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 ♦ Diethylnitrosamine, Dihydroxydihydrobenzopyrenes, Dimethylnitrosamine, Dioxins ♦ Eosine I Bluish, Ethylnitrosourea ♦ FANFT ♦ in vitro mutagenesis, induced mutant ♦ Methylnitronitrosoguanidine, Methylnitrosourea, Mutagenicity Tests ♦ Nitrosamines ♦ Patulin ♦ Radioisotopes ♦ Salmonella-microsome test, Sister Chromatid Exchange ♦ Thiram ♦ Umbelliferones. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Mutagenic

Domain	Title
Books	Carcinogenic and Mutagenic Metal Compounds, 2 (Current Topics in Environmental and Toxicological Chemistry, Vol 11) (reference) Eukaryotic Transposable Elements As Mutagenic Agents (Banbury Report 30) (reference) Guide to short-term tests for detecting mutagenic and carcinogenic chemicals (reference) Monitoring Human Exposure to Carcinogenic and Mutagenic Agents (International Agency for Research on Cancer Scientific Publications 59) (reference) Mutagenic effects of environmental contaminants (reference) (more book examples)
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Usage Frequency: Mutagenic

"Mutagenic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Mutagenic" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	16	87,710

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Mutagenic

Expression using "mutagenic": mutagenic chemical. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mutagenic

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
mutagenic	3
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Modern Translation: Mutagenic

Language		Translations for "mutagenic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		突变� � . (various references)

Danish		mutagen (mutagen, mutagen substance). (various references)

Dutch		mutageen (mutagen). (various references)

Finnish		mutageeninen (mutagen, mutagen substance), mutageeni (mutagen). (various references)

French		mutagène (mutagen, mutagen substance), mutagène, substance mutagène. (various references)

German		mutagen (mutagen). (various references)

Greek		μεταλλακτική ουσία, ουσία με δυνατότητα δημιουργίας μεταλλάξεων. (various references)

Hungarian		mutagén. (various references)

Italian		mutagenico. (various references)

Pig Latin		utagenicmay

Portuguese		mutagénico (mutagen), mutagéneo (mutagen), mutagénico. (various references)

Spanish		mutagénico (mutagen), mutágeno (mutagen), sustancia mutágena. (various references)

Swedish		mutagent ämne, mutagen (mutagen, mutagen substance). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Mutagenic

Derivations
	Words beginning with "mutagenic": mutagenically, mutagenicities, mutagenicity. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Mutagenic

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-i-m-n-t-u"
	-1 letter: magnetic, neumatic, tegumina, umangite.
	-2 letters: augment, gametic, mintage, mutagen, nematic, teaming, tegmina, tunicae, unitage.
	-3 letters: acetin, acetum, acting, acumen, aecium, anemic, augite, auntie, cangue, centai, centum, cinema, cueing, eating, enatic, enigma, etamin, gamine, guinea, gunite, iceman, incage, ingate, inmate, macing, magnet, manitu, mantic, mating, meting, minuet, minute, mutine, muting, neumic, nutmeg, tamein, taming.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-i-m-n-t-u"
	+2 letters: mercurating, multiagency.
	+3 letters: counterimage, emasculating, miseducating, mutagenicity.
	+4 letters: counterimages, gastrocnemius, mutagenically.
	+5 letters: circumnavigate, countermanding, discouragement, metalinguistic, mutagenicities.
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