carcinogenic

English

Etymology

carcino- +‎ -genic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɑː(ɹ)sɪnəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɛnɪk

Adjective

carcinogenic (comparative more carcinogenic, superlative most carcinogenic)

1. Causing or tending to cause cancer.

   Synonym: cancerogenic

   • 2009, Peter Osbaldeston, The Palm Springs Diner's Bible: A Restaurant Guide for Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, la Quinta, Bermuda Dunes, Indio, and Desert Hot Springs, Gretna, La.: Pelican Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 250:

     The disadvantage of the underfired grill is the potential for flareups, which can cause a burned spot or carbonization. Not only do these taste bad, but they are also carcinogenic.

Derived terms

• carcinogenically
• carcinogenicity
• hepatocarcinogenic
• noncarcinogenic
• procarcinogenic

 

Related terms

• carcinogen

Translations

causing or tending to cause cancer

• Armenian: քաղցկեղածին (hy) (kʻaġcʻkeġacin)
• Belarusian: канцэрагенны (kancerahjenny)
• Catalan: cancerigen, carcinogen (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 致癌的 (zhì'ái de)

• Czech: karcinogenní (cs)
• Danish: kræftfremkaldende, karcinogen
• Dutch: kankerverwekkend (nl)
• Esperanto: kanceriga
• Finnish: syöpää aiheuttava, karsinogeeninen (fi)
• French: cancérigène (fr) m or f, carcinogène (fr)
• German: krebserregend (de), karzinogen (de)
• Greek: καρκινογόνος (el) (karkinogónos)
• Hungarian: karcinogén (hu), rákokozó (hu), rákkeltő (hu)
• Irish: carcanaigineach
• Italian: cancerogeno (it)
• Japanese: 発癌性 (はつがんせい, hatsugansei)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kreftfremkallende (no), karsinogen

• Polish: rakotwórczy (pl)
• Portuguese: cancerígeno, carcinogênico (Brazil), carcinogénico (Portugal)
• Romanian: cancerigen (ro), carcinogen (ro)
• Russian: канцерогенный (ru) (kancerogennyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: karcinogen m, kȁncerogēn (sh) m
• Slovak: karciogénny
• Spanish: cancerígeno (es)
• Swedish: carcinogen (sv), karcinogen (sv), cancerframkallande (sv), cancerogen (sv)
• Turkish: kanserojen (tr)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

Noun

carcinogenic (plural carcinogenics)

1. Synonym of carcinogen

See also

• carcinogen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia