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DELETERIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Harmful to living things
Example:
deleterious chemical additives
Synonyms:
deleterious; hurtful; injurious
Classified under:
Similar:
harmful (causing or capable of causing harm)
Context examples:
The researchers said future studies are required before scientists will be able to identify and harness the specific capacities of individual microbes to clean up the array of potentially deleterious chemicals produced during some types of modern food manufacturing.
(Human Gut Microbe Could Make Processed Foods Healthier, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A statistical model used to assess the probability that an individual carries a germline deleterious mutation of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, based on family history of breast and ovarian cancer, including male breast cancer and bilateral synchronous and asynchronous diagnoses.
(BRCAPro, NCI Thesaurus)
