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embryotoxicity

1. Production by a substance of toxic effects in progeny in the first period of pregnancy between conception and the fetal stage.

2. Any toxic effect on the conceptus as a result of prenatal exposure during the embryonic stages of development: these effects may include malformations and variations, malfunctions, altered growth, prenatal death, and altered postnatal function.

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