epigenotoxic

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English

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Etymology

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epi- +‎ genotoxic

Adjective

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epigenotoxic (not comparable)

  1. (oncology) Capable of causing damage to the way by DNA sequences are activated or deactivated, leading to cancer.
    • 2012, Saura C. Sahu, Toxicology and Epigenetics, →ISBN:
      BD is also an epigenotoxic agent. BD-induced genotoxic and epigenotoxic events have been shown to be due to interstrain differences (Koturbashet al.,2011).
    • 2015, Trygve Tollefsbol, Personalized Epigenetics, →ISBN, page 256:
      1,3-Butadiene is a common carcinogenic environmental contaminant and is considered an epigenotoxic agent (i.e., it affects DNA and histone methylation).