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teratogen
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teratogen [tə′rad·ə·jən]
(medicine)
An agent causing formation of a congenital anomaly or monstrosity.
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Use of effective contraception further allows safe use of certain antiretrovirals that are teratogenic (e.
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For patients with severe depressive, suicidal, or psychotic symptoms, the use of antiepileptic agents, newer antipsychotic drugs, and antidepressants should be avoided in the first trimester, if possible, because of the teratogenic potential of the antiepileptics and relative lack of reproductive safety information for the newer antipsychotics and antidepressants, the authors stated.
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