carcinogenic

carcinogenic
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. cancerous, malignant. See disease.
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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a.
[kar sin uh JEN ik]
pertaining to any substance or source that causes cancer.
Radiation is highly carcinogenic.
SYN.: cancer-causing, tumor-forming, muta-genic, malignant, deadly, unhealthy, hazardous, toxic, pernicious.
ANT.: benign, harmless, healthly

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  • carcinogenic — car cin*o*gen ic (k[aum]r s[i^]n*[ o]*j[e^]n [i^]k), adj. Causing or tending to cause cancer; as, the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals or of ionizing radiation. {car cin*o*gen*ic i*ty}, n. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • carcinogenic — 1926, from CARCINOGEN (Cf. carcinogen) (q.v.) + IC (Cf. ic) …   Etymology dictionary

  • carcinogenic — Causing cancer. * * * car·ci·no·gen·ic .kärs ən ō jen ik adj producing or tending to produce cancer <the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals (Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.)> car·ci·no·gen·i·cal·ly i k(ə )lē adv car·ci·no·ge·nic·i·ty jə nis… …   Medical dictionary

  • carcinogenic — adj. Carcinogenic is used with these nouns: ↑substance …   Collocations dictionary

  • carcinogenic — car|cin|o|gen|ic [ˌka:sınəˈdʒenık US ˌka:r ] adj likely to cause ↑cancer ▪ the carcinogenic effects of coal dust …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • carcinogenic — [[t]kɑ͟ː(r)sɪnəʤe̱nɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED A substance that is carcinogenic is likely to cause cancer. [MEDICAL] …   English dictionary

  • carcinogenic — adjective likely to cause cancer: the carcinogenic effects of high fat diets …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • carcinogenic — carcinogen ► NOUN ▪ a substance capable of causing cancer. DERIVATIVES carcinogenic adjective. ORIGIN from CARCINOMA(Cf. ↑carcinomatous) …   English terms dictionary

  • carcinogenic substance — kancerogenai statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Cheminiai junginiai, tam tikromis sąlygomis skatinantys navikų susidarymą organizme. atitikmenys: angl. carcinogen; carcinogenic substance vok. Karzinogen, n; krebserregende… …   Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • carcinogenic — adjective see carcinogen …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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