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Definition: Teratogen |
TeratogenNoun1. Any agent that interferes with normal embryonic development: alcohol or thalidomide or X-rays or rubella are examples. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Agriculture | A chemical that causes nonhereditary birth defects in a developing fetus. Teratogencity is taken into account in assessing the toxicity of pesticides and other chemicals. Both level and timing of exposure to teratogens determine health effects. (references) |
Chemical Industry | A substance which, through immediate, prolonged or repeated contact with the skin may involve a risk of subsequent non-heriditable birth defects in offspring(1). Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | A substance that causes defects in development between conception and birth. A teratogen is a substance that causes a structural or functional birth defect. (references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bane | Poison, toxin; teratogen; leaven, virus venom; arsenic; antimony, tartar emetic; strychnine, nicotine; miasma, miasm, mephitis, malaria, azote, sewer gas; pest. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Teratogen |
| Non-English Usage: "Teratogen" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (teratogenic (niet: teratogen)), German (teratogenic (niet: teratogen)). |
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| 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. |
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teratogen | 28 |
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| Language | Translations for "teratogen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 致畸形药. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | teratogen (teratogenetic, teratogenic, teratogenic (niet: teratogen)). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | teratogenen (teratogenic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | teratogeeni (teratogenic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | substance tératogène (teratogenic), agent tératogène (teratogenic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Teratogen (teratogenetic, teratogenic, teratogenic (niet: teratogen)). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παράγοντας τερατογένεσης (teratogenic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | teratogén betegség, teratogén anyag. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | teratogeno (teratogenetic, teratogenic, teratogenic (niet: teratogen)). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eratogentay teratogénio (teratogenic). (various references) teratógeno (teratogenic). (various references) teratogen (teratogenic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "teratogen": teratogeneses, teratogenesis, teratogenic, teratogenicities, teratogenicity, teratogens. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-n-o-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: tetragon. | |
-2 letters: entreat, garotte, grantee, greaten, negater, negator, ratteen, reagent, tentage, ternate. | |
-3 letters: argent, atoner, attorn, enrage, entera, ergate, garnet, garote, genera, gerent, getter, goatee, gotten, natter, neater, negate, netter, notate, onager, orange, orgeat, ornate, ratten, ratton, regent, rotate, rotten, target, tenter, togate, tonger, torten. | |
-4 letters: agene, agent, agone, agree, anger, antre, arete, argon, argot, atone, eager, eagre, eaten, eater, egret, enate, enter, ergot, gator, genet, genoa, genre, genro, goner, grant, grate, great, green, greet, groan, groat, noter, oaten, oater, orang, orate, organ, ottar, otter, ragee, ranee, range, regna, rente, retag, rotte, tango, tanto, targe, tarot, tater, tenet, tenge, tenor, terga, terne, tetra, togae, toner, tonga, torte, toter, treat, treen, trona, trone. | |
-5 letters: aeon, aero, agee, ager, agon, ante, earn, eger, ergo, erne, etna, gaen, gane, gate, gear, gene, gent, geta, gnar, gnat, goat, goer, gone, gore, gran, grat, gree, grot, near, neat, nett, nota, note, ogee, ogre, rage, rang, rant, rate, rato, rent, rete, roan, rota, rote, tang, tare, tarn, taro, tart, tate, tear, teat, teen, tent, tern, toea, toga, tone, tong, tora, tore, torn, tort, tote, tree, tret, trot. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-n-o-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: teratogens. | |
+2 letters: interrogate, renegotiate, teratogenic. | |
+3 letters: antiestrogen, counteragent, interrogated, interrogatee, interrogates, magnetometer, magnetometry, overtreating, renegotiated, renegotiates, revegetation, theatergoing. | |
+4 letters: antiestrogens, counteragents, deteriorating, deuteragonist, electromagnet, expectorating, interrogatees, interrogative, magnetometers, magnetometric, nonintegrated, regimentation, reintegration, renegotiating, renegotiation, reorientating, revegetations, teratogeneses, teratogenesis, theatergoings, unforgettable. | |
+5 letters: antigovernment, deuteragonists, electromagnets, electroplating, enterogastrone, geometrization, interrogatives, magnetometries, nonthreatening, overestimating, redintegration, regimentations, reintegrations, renegotiations, reregistration, segregationist, seronegativity, teratogenicity, tergiversation, thermomagnetic, turbogenerator. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 72 61 74 6F 67 65 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- . .-. .- - --- --. . -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101111 01100111 01100101 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e r a t o g e n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 0072 0061 0074 006F 0067 0065 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)547184678681737180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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