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del·e·te·ri·ous    Audio Help   [del-i-teer-ee-uhs] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.injurious to health: deleterious gases.
2.harmful; injurious: deleterious influences.

[Origin: 1635–45; < Gk délétrios destructive, adj. deriv. of délétr destroyer, equiv. to délé- var. s. of déleǐsthai to hurt, injure + -tér agent suffix + -ios adj. suffix; see -ious]

del·e·te·ri·ous·ly, adverb
del·e·te·ri·ous·ness, noun

2. pernicious, hurtful, destructive; noxious.
2. beneficial.
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del·e·te·ri·ous    Audio Help   (děl'ĭ-tîr'ē-əs)  Pronunciation Key 
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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deleterious 
1643, from Gk. deleterios, from deleter "destroyer," from deleisthai "to hurt, injure."

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deleterious

adjective
harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives" 

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del·e·te·ri·ous (dl-tr-s)
adj.

Having a harmful effect; injurious.

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Main Entry: del·e·te·ri·ous
Pronunciation: "del-&-'tir-E-&s
Function: adjective
: harmful often in a subtle or an unexpected way <the controversial question as to whether prolonged weightlessness has deleterious effects —The Sciences> <deleterious genes>

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Deleterious

Del`e*te"ri*ous\, a. [LL. deleterius noxious, Gr. dhlhth`rios, fr. dhlei^sqai to hurt, damage; prob. akin to L. delere to destroy.] Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; as, a deleterious plant or quality; a deleterious example. -- Del`e*te"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Del`e*te"ri*ous*ness, n.
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