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Teratogen vs Teratogeny - What's the difference?

teratogen | teratogeny |

In teratology|lang=en terms the difference between teratogen and teratogeny

is that teratogen is (teratology) any agent or substance which can cause malformation of an embryo or birth defects while teratogeny is (teratology) alternative name for teratogenesis.

As nouns the difference between teratogen and teratogeny

is that teratogen is (teratology) any agent or substance which can cause malformation of an embryo or birth defects while teratogeny is (teratology) alternative name for teratogenesis.

teratogen

English

(wikipedia teratogen)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (teratology) Any agent or substance which can cause malformation of an embryo or birth defects.

    • See also

    *carcinogen *mutagen

    teratogeny

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (teratology) Alternative name for teratogenesis.