- Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 129
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Ana MUÑOZ GASCÓN, Ana María ALCONCHEL SEBASTIÁN, Augustine Edith EMENE, Inés PLAZA FONTANET
- Creation / modification date: 31-01-2014
- Term: teratogen
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Any factor, chemical or physical, that adversely affects the fertilized ovum, embryo, or fetus.
- Context: The effects of any teratogen, including drugs of abuse, are more pronounced in the early stages of pregnancy when the vital organs are developing.
- Notes: Frenquently used in plural.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: PILLITTERI, A. (2010) Maternal and Child Health Nursing: Care of the Childbearing and Childrearing Family. Philadelphia: Walter Kluwer - Lippinkott Williams & Wilkins.
- Definition: PILLITTERI, A. (2010) Maternal and Child Health Nursing: Care of the Childbearing and Childrearing Family. Philadelphia: Walter Kluwer - Lippinkott Williams & Wilkins.
- Context: GREEN-HERNANDEZ, C., SINGLETON, J.K. & ARONZON, D.Z. (2001) Primary Care Pediatrics. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Notes: GREEN-HERNANDEZ, C., SINGLETON, J.K. & ARONZON, D.Z. (2001) Primary Care Pediatrics. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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