teratogenic

IPA: tɛrʌtʌdʒˈɛnɪk

Examples of "teratogenic" in Sentences

German measles early in the pregnancy, exposure to radiation and teratogenic medications.
What the word teratogenic means (teratology is the study of abnormalities in physical development).
It is correct that thalidomide was not rapidly approved and its teratogenic properties became evident in the meantime.
But the World Health Organization reports that "propoxur is not considered mutagenic, embryotoxic, or teratogenic WHO, 2003."
The irony is that the teratogenic properties that caused the birth defects are the same properties that made it an effective cancer treatment.
The end product is a concentrated mass of heavy metals and carcinogenic, teratogenic, and hormone-disrupting chemicals, replete with antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Depending on the timing, the severity of the exposure, and the mother's genetic defenses, such exposures can be lethal, teratogenic (cause anomalies, growth retardation) have effects that aren't apparent until a child is older, or have no effects.
Just as the Guichen people are justly concerned about habitat destruction caused by oil drilling in ANWAR effecting their sole food source (caribou) The Cree are hit very hard by Oil Shale mining, Cancer rates and birth defects are up as are other teratogenic effects on inhabitants.