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deleterious Definition

del·eteri·ous (del′ə tirē əs)

adjective

harmful to health or well-being; injurious

Etymology: Gr dēlētērios < dēlēter, a destroyer < dēleisthai, to injure < IE base *del-, to split

deleterious Related Forms

del′·eteri·ously adverb del′·eteri·ous·ness noun

deleterious Synonyms

deleterious

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deleterious Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • allele: I am interested to see if purging of deleterious alleles by selection is occurring in captive populations.
  • mutation: Software page Adam's software to calculate the fitness effects of deleterious mutations is available from his software page.
  • effect: No deleterious effects on the eyes have been reported.
  • consequence: High rise living is known to have deleterious consequences for children.
  • impact: I've mentioned some of the deleterious impacts of climate change.
  • influence: It is sometimes said to me that writing and speaking upon the events of war may have a deleterious influence upon youth.

Modifying Another Word

  • potentially: Here, we consider the potentially deleterious effect of this oscillation on the qubit rotation.
  • extremely: The CBA recognizes that chemicals in the environment can have an extremely deleterious effect on human health, habitats and wildlife.
  • slightly: We have also been attempting to estimate the rate of adaptive amino acid substitution and the proportion of mutations which are slightly deleterious.
  • very: It would, however, be very deleterious if important subjects were not adequately covered.
  • positively: Rather the opposite in fact, channeling money from government to government has been shown to be positively deleterious to those receiving it.
  • possibly: CVA may not cause disease in these trees, but it is possibly deleterious as a synergist necessary for disease development.

Used with adjective complement

become: All interference in ' the market ' becomes deleterious to the felicitous outcome of ' spontaneous order ' .

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