ter|a|to|ge|nic|i|ty

ter|a|to|ge|nic|i|ty
ter|a|to|ge|nic|i|ty «TEHR uh tuh juh NIHS uh tee», noun.
the quality of being teratogenic; tendency to cause malformations of the embryo or fetus: »

The teratogenicity of thalidomide might have been missed had it not produced malformations rarely encountered (New Yorker).


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