teratogen in English

noun
1
an agent or factor that causes malformation of an embryo.
There are no absolute teratogens ; however, many agents can exhibit teratogenic effects under certain circumstances.

Use "teratogen" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "teratogen" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "teratogen", or refer to the context using the word "teratogen" in the English Dictionary.

1. There is limited evidence that 1,3-Butadiene is a teratogen in animals

2. There are 18 nine-letter words containing A, 2E, G, N, O and R: ARGEMONES Begroaned CONGEALER RENEGADOS SLOGANEER TERATOGEN

3. Benomyl is a widely encountered benzimidazole fungicide that exerts its toxicity via inhibiting microtubule formation in the nervous system and the male reproductive and endocrine systems, whilst it is a known teratogen

4. Given in high doses (> # IU/kg/day) follitropin alfa caused a decrease in the number of viable foetuses without being a teratogen, and dystocia similar to that observed with urinary hMG