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The sense of smell explores; deleterious substances almost always have an unpleasant smell.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Meaning of "deleterious" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DELETERIOUS

From New Latin dēlētērius, from Greek dēlētērios injurious, destructive, from dēleisthai to hurt.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DELETERIOUS

deleterious  [ˌdɛlɪˈtɪərɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DELETERIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Deleterious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DELETERIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

deleterious

Major trauma

Major trauma is injury that can potentially lead to serious outcomes. For research purposes the definition is often based on an injury severity score of greater than 15. There are many causes of injury that can affect a person in different ways, both anatomically and physiologically. Depending on the severity of injury, quick management and transport to an appropriate facility may be necessary to prevent loss of life or limb. Various classification scales exist for use with trauma to determine the severity of injuries, which is used to determine the resources used and for statistical collection. The initial assessment is critical in determining the extent of injuries and what will be needed to manage an injury, and treating immediate life threats. The assessment involves a physical evaluation and can also include the use of imaging tools to accurately determine a type of injury and to formulate a course of treatment. In 2002, unintentional and intentional injuries were the fifth and seventh leading causes of deaths worldwide, accounting for 6.23% and 2.84% of all deaths.

Definition of deleterious in the English dictionary

The definition of deleterious in the dictionary is harmful; injurious; hurtful.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DELETERIOUS


Aquarius
əˈkwɛərɪəs
cereous
ˈsɪərɪəs
cereus
ˈsɪərɪəs
cinereous
sɪˈnɪərɪəs
curious
ˈkjʊərɪəs
facinerious
ˌfæsɪnˈɪərɪəs
hilarious
hɪˈlɛərɪəs
imperious
ɪmˈpɪərɪəs
jocoserious
ˌdʒəʊkəʊˈsɪərɪəs
mock-serious
ˌmɒkˈsɪərɪəs
mysterious
mɪˈstɪərɪəs
nonserious
ˌnɒnˈsɪərɪəs
overserious
ˌəʊvəˈsɪərɪəs
serious
ˈsɪərɪəs
Tereus
ˈtɪərɪəs
Tiberius
taɪˈbɪərɪəs
ultraserious
ˌʌltrəˈsɪərɪəs
unserious
ʌnˈsɪərɪəs
various
ˈvɛərɪəs
venereous
vəˈnɪərɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DELETERIOUS

delegacies
delegacy
delegate
delegatee
delegation
delegator
delegitimation
delegitimisation
delegitimise
delegitimization
delegitimize
delenda
deletable
delete
deleteriously
deleteriousness
deletion
deletive
deletory
deleverage

WORDS THAT END LIKE DELETERIOUS

bi-curious
carious
delicious
delirious
furious
glorious
gregarious
illustrious
industrious
inglorious
injurious
laborious
lugubrious
meritorious
nefarious
notorious
precarious
spurious
vainglorious
vicarious
victorious

Synonyms and antonyms of deleterious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DELETERIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «deleterious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of deleterious

Translation of «deleterious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DELETERIOUS

Find out the translation of deleterious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of deleterious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «deleterious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有害
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

deletérea
570 millions of speakers

English

deleterious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हानिकारक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضارة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вредным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

deletério
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষতিকর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

délétère
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Merosakkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schädlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

有害な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

해로운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Deleterious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bại hoại phong tục
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தீங்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हानीकारक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zararlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

deleterio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szkodliwe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шкідливим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vătămător
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιβλαβή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nadelige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skadlig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skadelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of deleterious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DELETERIOUS»

The term «deleterious» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.695 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DELETERIOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «deleterious» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «deleterious» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about deleterious

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QUOTES WITH «DELETERIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word deleterious.
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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
The sense of smell explores; deleterious substances almost always have an unpleasant smell.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DELETERIOUS»

Discover the use of deleterious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to deleterious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Significance of Tests and Properties of Concrete and ...
D. L. Bloem authored the section on soundness and deleterious substances in ASTM STP 169A and L. Dolar-Mantuani did the chapter of the same name in ASTM STP 169B. I am indebted to them for their work, most of which remains very  ...
Joseph F. Lamond, J. H. Pielert, 2006
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About Tobacco and Its Deleterious Effects - A Book for ...
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Charles Elihu Slocum, 2010
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Last Animals at the Zoo: How Mass Extinction Can Be Stopped
If a creature inherits an allele that produces deleterious effects from only one of its parents; and if it inherits a normal allele of that gene from its other parent; and if the deleterious allele is recessive - then the effects of that deleterious gene will  ...
Colin Tudge, 1992
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The Presence of Organic Matter in Potable Water Always ...
... waiter in fiatnlrls water AL'VAYS DELETERIOUS TO.
O'Brien MAHONY, 1869
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Population Genetics: A Concise Guide
u a 0.5 0.0 500 1000 1500 Number of deleterious alleles 2000 Figure 3.5: The fitness of a genotype as a function of the numbers of deleterious alleles for three models of epistasis. ergistic epistasis gives a very different view of gene action.
John H. Gillespie, 2010
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Forensic Pathology Reviews
The mean number of deleterious mutations arising in spermatogenesis or oogenesis and passed on to the next generation is of the order of 0.5–1.5 [41]. The mean number of deleterious mutations in the zygote of individuals that survive and ...
Elisabeth E. Turk, 2011
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The CRC Master Keyword Guide for Food: 21 CFR Regulations of ...
109.6 Added poisonous or deleterious substances. 109.7 Unavoidability. 109.15 Use of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) in establishments manufacturing food- packaging materials. 109.16 Ornamental and decorative ceramicware. Subpart ...
Sue Ghazala, 2003
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40 CFR Protection of Environment: CFR Parts ...
109.6 Added poisonous or deleterious subregustances. 109.7 Unavoidability. 109.15 Use of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) in establishments manufacturing food-packaging materials. 109.16 Ornamental and ceramicware. decorative ...
Office of The Federal Register, 2013
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The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
is published. The notice shall invite public comment on the action level. (d) A regulation may be established in subpart D of this part to identify a food containing a naturally occurring poisonous or deleterious substance which will be deemed to ...
10
Pesticide interactions in crop production: beneficial and ...
Pesticide Interactions in Crop Production: Beneficial and Deleterious Effects evaluates the effects of pesticides on plants by exploring the physical, chemical, biological, and ecological interactions of pesticides that influence a crop.
Jack Altman, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DELETERIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term deleterious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dynamics of genetic admixture in Brazilian populations
The authors investigated how European ancestry shapes the amount of deleterious genetic variants in admixed individuals across domains of ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
2
Illicit Amphetamines: Variable Impact on Male Sexual Function
"Illicit use of amphetamine has disparate effects on users' sexual functions, and the users have reported either enhanced or deleterious impact ... «Medscape, Jul 15»
3
Manchester United's Memphis Depay: the dream chaser who defied …
Insecurities occupied Depay's mind as he wondered why “fathers” in his life seemed to be transient and deleterious. Things were due to ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Chinese Stock Market Crash: A Bad Omen for China?
Won't the loss of financial wealth have deleterious consequences for consumer spending in China? Could business investment spending, ... «FXStreet, Jul 15»
5
Former government drugs adviser Professor David Nutt writes to PM …
However, the enactment of the Psychoactive Substances Bill would be deleterious to the freedoms, well-being and ultimate safety of UK ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
6
Stem Cell Research & Therapy celebrates its fifth anniversary
... autologous cells, namely the deleterious effect of age and other consequences of disease on the regenerative activity of stem and progenitor ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
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'Straintronic spin neuron' may greatly improve neural computing
This deleterious effect can be combatted by increasing the threshold current for firing (in the case of current-driven spin neurons) or the ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
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The Brain's Remarkable Sculpting Of Memories
As with sculptures, we should expect time to have a deleterious effect, which is more or less impactful depending on the strength of the synaptic ... «New Hampshire Public Radio, Jul 15»
9
Morning Bits
“Conservatives' fixation on the supposed deleterious effects of Hispanic immigrants, and Mexicans specifically, on the future of this country is ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
10
Shenhua Watermark mine gets green light from Greg Hunt
... Northern Daily Leader local news paper that the coal mine was "an absurdity" and it would likely have a deleterious effect on local aquifers. «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»

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