Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An agent, such as a chemical, ultraviolet light, or a radioactive element, that can induce or increase the frequency of mutation in an organism.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A chemical compound or other external influence (such as ionizing radiation) which causes mutations{3}.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation
Etymologies
- muta(tion) + -gen.
Examples
“Estrogen is not identified as a mutagen in Bruce Ames’s test; nor does it cause cancer in animals at low doses.”
“However, if individuals carrying the polymorphic alleles keep drinking, they are more likely to develop alcoholic liver diseases caused by acetaldehyde than those who do not, since acetaldehyde is known as a mutagen, a chemical agent that changes the DNA of an organism.”
“Note: Subject B. Mac responds to the airborne mutagen with negative effect.”
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“For example, when Showtime is attacked by mutants, Jimelly intervenes with an anti-mutagen.”
“We can justify pretty much any stylistic change by saying that “the mutagen did it.””
“I think that they use mutagen-ooze to flavor that one.”
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“The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had a team origin (they were all hit by mutagen at the same time). —”
“I think that the needs of the story usually take precedence over reality, particularly when the story has weapons-grade mutagen and other get-out-of-reality-free cards lying around.”
“After they destroy the mutagen, Agent Black asks “well, what now?””
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“The ship Trumpet has come to an illegal lab, set to make the anti-mutagen that the galactic police (UMCP) have had but have suppressed from the rest of humanity for so long, keeping the alien threat of the Amnion alive for profit.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mutagen’.
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“that which produces,â€
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Gk. genés 'born, produced';
L. genus, 'kin')mutagen, mutagenesis, pathogen, pathogenesis, progeny, mitogen, parthenogenesis, transgene, mucinogen, myogenic, autogenic, endogenous and 83 more...
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