mutageno

See also: mutágeno

Italian

Etymology

Internationalism, compare English mutagen. By surface analysis, muta(zione) (“mutation”) +‎ -geno (“-gen”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /muˈta.d͡ʒe.no/
  • Rhymes: -adʒeno
  • Hyphenation: mu‧tà‧ge‧no

Noun

mutageno m (plural mutageni)

  1. (genetics) mutagen
    agire da mutageni ― to act as mutagens

Adjective

mutageno (feminine mutagena, masculine plural mutageni, feminine plural mutagene)

  1. (genetics) mutagenic
    Synonym: mutagenico

Further reading
  • mutageno in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • mutageno in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • mutageno in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • mutàgeno in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • mutàgeno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.