deleterious
adjective
injurious to health.
deleteriousness
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a word derived from
deleterious.
Example Sentences
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They stand in the most intimate relation to the deleteriousness of prison life, and are therefore influenced to the greatest extent by change of environment.”
From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Bernard Glueck
