genotoxinn.
/ˌdʒɛnəʊˈtɒksɪn/, /ˌdʒiːnəʊˈtɒksɪn/, U.S. /ˌdʒɛnoʊˈtɑks(ə)n/, /ˌdʒinoʊˈtɑks(ə)n/ Biology and Medicine.
A genotoxic substance.
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hepatotoxin1903
nephrotoxin1961
genotoxin1979
1979 Business Week 27 Aug. 46 p/2 Scientists now suspect that there are at least two classes of carcinogens: genotoxins—such as benzopyrene, found in cigarette smoke—which may work directly on a cell's genetic material to produce cancer; and epigenetics.
1993 New Scientist 4 Dec. 6/2 The EPA classes 1,3-butadiene as a ‘probable human carcinogen’ and a genotoxin.
1998 Water & Waste Treatm. June 54/1 A..test system which is designed to detect potential genotoxins in chemicals, water, wastewater, sediment extracts and hazardous waste materials.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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