Teratogen

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An agent, such as a virus, a drug, or radiation, that causes malformation of an embryo or fetus.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any agent or substance which can cause malformation of an embryo or birth defects.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any agent that interferes with normal embryonic development: alcohol or thalidomide or X-rays or rubella are examples
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    agent   
    Cross Reference
    carcinogen    mutagen   
    Hyponym
    thalidomide   
     
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