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Capable of damaging genetic material such as DNA, and thus causing mutations or possibly cancer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, oncology, sciences
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History
Etymology tree English geno- Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin toxicusbor. French toxiquebor. English toxic English genotoxic From geno- + toxic.
