genotoxicity
nounEtymology From geno- + toxicity or genotoxic + -ity.
- Genotoxicity refers to potentially harmful effects on genetic material (DNA) which may occur directly through the induction of permanent transmissible changes (mutations) in the amount or structure of the DNA within cells.2009, Lutz Müller, Anke Lühe, “Preclinical safety testing”, in John P. Griffin, editor, The Textbook of Pharmaceutical Medicine, 6th edition, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 120:
- Derived terms
- antigenotoxicity, cytogenotoxicity, epigenotoxicity