deleterious

  • 11deleterious — Injurious; noxious; harmful. [G. deleterios, fr. deleomai, to injure] * * * del·e·te·ri·ous .del ə tir ē əs adj harmful often in a subtle or an unexpected way <the deleterious effects of radiation and chemotherapy on the marrow (Christine… …

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  • 12deleterious — adj. deleterious to * * * [ˌdelɪ tɪərɪəs] deleterious to …

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  • 13deleterious — [[t]de̱lɪtɪ͟əriəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that has a deleterious effect on something has a harmful effect on it. [FORMAL] The fear of crime is having a deleterious effect on community life. Syn: destructive, detrimental …

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  • 14deleterious — adjective /ˌdɛlɪˈtɪəriəs,ˌdɪlɪˈtɪəriəs,ˌdɛləˈtɪriəs/ Harmful or noxious to physical, mental, or moral health. a deleterious chemical Syn: destructive, harmful, hurtful, injurious, noxious …

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  • 15deleterious — adj. Deleterious is used with these nouns: ↑consequence, ↑effect, ↑side effect …

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  • 16deleterious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. injurious. See wrong, inexpedience. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. injurious, pernicious, unhealthy; see harmful , pernicious . See Synonym Study at pernicious . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …

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  • 17deleterious — del|e|ter|i|ous [ˌdelıˈtıəriəs US ˈtır ] adj formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Medieval Latin; Origin: deleterius, from Greek deleisthai to hurt ] damaging or harmful ▪ the deleterious effects of smoking …

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  • 18deleterious — adjective formal damaging or harmful: the deleterious effects of smoking …

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  • 19deleterious — adjective the deleterious effects of smoking Syn: harmful, damaging, detrimental, injurious; adverse, disadvantageous, unfavorable, unfortunate, undesirable, bad Ant: beneficial …

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  • 20deleterious mutation — deleterious mutation. = detrimental mutation (см.). (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …

    Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.