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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mutagen /ˈmjuːtədʒ(ə)n/

▶noun a substance which causes genetic mutation.

– derivatives
mutagenesis noun,
mutagenic adjective.

– origin 1940s: from mutation + -gen.

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