carcinogenesis Hear it!

Variant of carcinogen

carcinogen Definition

car·cino·gen (kär sin′ə jən, -jen′; kär′sə nə-)

noun

any substance that produces cancer

Etymology: < carcinoma + -gen

Related Forms:

  • carcinogenic car′·ci·no·gen′ic (kär′sə nō jen′ik) adjective
  • carcinogenesis car′·ci·no·gen′·esis (-jen′ə sis) noun or carcinogenicity car′·ci·no′·genic′ity (-jə nis′ə tē)