epigenotoxic

English

Etymology

epi- +‎ genotoxic

Adjective

epigenotoxic (not comparable)

1. (oncology) Capable of causing damage to the way by DNA sequences are activated or deactivated, leading to cancer.
   • 2012, Saura C. Sahu, Toxicology and Epigenetics, →ISBN:

     BD is also an epigenotoxic agent. BD-induced genotoxic and epigenotoxic events have been shown to be due to interstrain differences (Koturbashet al.,2011).

   • 2015, Trygve Tollefsbol, Personalized Epigenetics, →ISBN, page 256:

     1,3-Butadiene is a common carcinogenic environmental contaminant and is considered an epigenotoxic agent (i.e., it affects DNA and histone methylation).