deleterious

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/ˌdɛlɪˈtɪəɹi.əs/ English

Definitions

adjective

Harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way.“deleterious effects”
Having lower fitness.

Related words

Synonyms

destructive harmful hurtful injurious noxious pernicious detrimental damaging disastrous devastating inimical malign disruptive malicious ill nefarious

Associated

alleles heterosis epistasis inbreeding complementation recessive purging allele inbred mutation synergistic diploid

Rhymes

delirious serious imperious mysterious cereus nereis nereus tereus weary us

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