teratogenic
C2CEFR level
88/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
Capable of causing malformations in a developing embryo or foetus.
Thalidomide is the archetypal teratogenic agent, having caused severe limb defects in exposed infants.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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