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MUTAGEN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("mutagen" is a kind of...):

agent (an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect)

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 Context examples: 

Dibenzo[a,e]pyrene is a mutagen and is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(Dibenzo (a,l) pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)

Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene is a mutagen and is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(Dibenzo[a,h]anthracene, NCI Thesaurus)

Disperse blue 1 is a mutagen and is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(CI Disperse Blue 1, NCI Thesaurus)

This substance is used in laboratory research as a mutagen and carcinogen.

(Cyclopenta[cd]pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)

Chlorozotocin is a mutagen and is less myelotoxic than other nitrosoureas.

(Chlorozotocin, NCI Thesaurus)

These compounds are also powerful mutagens, teratogens, immunosuppressants, and carcinogens.

(Nitrogen Mustard Compound, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Chloroprene is a mutagen and carcinogen in animals and is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(Chloroprene, NCI Thesaurus)

Phosphoramide mustards are also immunosuppressants, mutagens and teratogens.

(Phosphoramide Mustard, NCI Thesaurus)

This substance is a suspected mutagen and is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen based on evidence of carcinogenicity in experimental animals.

(Danthron, NCI Thesaurus)

Health hazards at home, in the work place, or in nature (e.g., infectious agents, irritants, respiratory fibrotic agents, asphyxiants, allergens, metabolic poisons, physical agents, mutagens, teratogens, and carcinogens).

(Environmental Risk Factor, NCI Thesaurus)