1. past tense of mutagenize; subjected to or treated with a mutagen to cause genetic mutations
Usage: technical; biology

Examples

• The researchers mutagenized the fruit flies to study genetic inheritance patterns.
• Cells were mutagenized using radiation to identify essential genes.
• The mutagenized organisms showed increased variation in their offspring.
• Scientists mutagenized the bacterial strain to develop antibiotic resistance markers.
• The mutagenized mice were used to model human disease susceptibility.