teratogen

teratogen
teratogenic, adj.
/teuh rat"euh jeuhn, -jen', ter"euh teuh-/, n. Biol.
a drug or other substance capable of interfering with the development of a fetus, causing birth defects.
[1900-05; TERATO- + -GEN]

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