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del⋅e⋅te⋅ri⋅ous

  [del-i-teer-ee-uhs]
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–adjective
1. injurious to health: deleterious gases.
2. harmful; injurious: deleterious influences.
Origin:
1635–45; < Gk dēlētrios destructive, adj. deriv. of dēlētr destroyer, equiv. to dēlē- var. s. of dēleîsthai to hurt, injure + -tēr agent suffix + -ios adj. suffix; see -ious

Related forms:
del⋅e⋅te⋅ri⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
del⋅e⋅te⋅ri⋅ous⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. pernicious, hurtful, destructive; noxious.

Antonyms:
2. beneficial.
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del·e·te·ri·ous   (děl'ĭ-tîr'ē-əs)   
adj.  Having a harmful effect; injurious: the deleterious effects of smoking.

[From Greek dēlētērios, from dēlētēr, destroyer, from dēleisthai, to harm.]
del'e·te'ri·ous·ly adv., del'e·te'ri·ous·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

deleterious 
1643, from Gk. deleterios, from deleter "destroyer," from deleisthai "to hurt, injure."
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: del·e·te·ri·ous
Pronunciation: "del-&-'tir-E-&s
Function: adjective
: harmful often in a subtle or anunexpected way deleterious effects —The Sciences> <deleterious genes>
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deleterious del·e·te·ri·ous (děl'ĭ-tēr'ē-əs)
adj.
Having a harmful effect; injurious.

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