carcinogen

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɑrˈsɪnədʒɛn/

Etymology

From carcino- + -gen.

Noun

carcinogen (plural carcinogens)

1. A substance or agent that can cause cancer.
   • 1995, Barbra Wiener, Executive Director Women's Cancer Resource Center Minneapolis, "Letter: Focus Cancer Research on Prevention," New York Times, 26 Oct. (retrieved 19 Oct. 2009):

     We know there are substances in our environment that are proven carcinogens—ionizing radiation, electromagnetic fields, organochlorines, pesticides and herbicides.

Related terms

• carcinoid
• carcinology
• carcinogenic
• carcinoma

Translations

substance or agent that can cause cancer

• Armenian: քաղցկեղածին (hy) (kʿałcʿkełacin) 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 致癌物質 (cmn), 致癌物质 (cmn) (zhì'ái wùzhì)

• Czech: karcinogen (cs) m
• Danish: carcinogen (da)
• Estonian: kantserogeen (et), kartsinogeen (et)
• Finnish: karsinogeeni, syöpää aiheuttava aine
• French: cancérogène (fr) m, carcinogène (fr) m

• German: Karzinogen (de) n
• Irish: carcanaigin (ga) f
• Japanese: 発癌物質 (ja) (はつがんぶっしつ, hatsugan busshitsu)
• Portuguese: carcinógeno (pt) m
• Russian: канцероген (ru) (kancerogén) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: karcinogen (sh) m, карциноген (sh) m
• Spanish: carcinógeno (es) m

External links

• carcinogen at OneLook Dictionary Search