carcinogen

English

Etymology

From carcino- +‎ -gen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑɹˈsɪnəd͡ʒən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

carcinogen (plural carcinogens)

1. A substance or agent that can cause cancer.
   • 1995 October 26, Barbra Wiener, Executive Director Women's Cancer Resource Center Minneapolis, “Letter: Focus Cancer Research on Prevention”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 30 June 2013:

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

   • 2021 November 26, Jackie Wattles, “Some Old Spice and Secret deodorants recalled after cancer-causing chemical is detected”, in CNN Business‎^[2]:

     This isn’t the first benzene-related recall of 2021. In July, Johnson & Johnson recalled some spray-on Neutrogena and Aveeno sunscreens after it detected low levels of the carcinogen in the products.

   • 2024 September 24, Sandee LaMotte, “Chemicals linked to breast cancer leach into our foods, study finds”, in CNN‎^[3]:

     “There is strong evidence that 76 known or potential breast carcinogens from food contact materials recently purchased all over the world can be found in people,” said study coauthor Jane Muncke, managing director and chief scientific officer at the Food Packaging Forum, a nonprofit foundation based in Zurich, Switzerland, that focuses on science communication and research.

Derived terms

• anticarcinogen
• biocarcinogen
• carcinogenic
• carcinogenicity
• cocarcinogen
• hepatocarcinogen
• nephrocarcinogen
• noncarcinogen
• photocarcinogen
• precarcinogen
• procarcinogen

Related terms

• carcinogenesis
• carcinoid
• carcinology
• carcinoma

Translations

substance or agent that can cause cancer

• Armenian: քաղցկեղածին (hy) (kʻaġcʻkeġacin)
• Catalan: carcinogen (ca) m, cancerigen m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 致癌物質 / 致癌物质 (zi³ ngaam⁴ mat⁶ zat¹)

  Mandarin: 致癌物質 / 致癌物质 (zh) (zhì'ái wùzhì)

• Czech: karcinogen (cs) m
• Danish: carcinogen
• Dutch: carcinogeen (nl), kankerverwekkende stof f
• Estonian: kantserogeen, kartsinogeen (et)
• Finnish: karsinogeeni (fi), syöpää aiheuttava aine
• French: cancérogène (fr) m, carcinogène (fr) m
• German: Karzinogen (de) n
• Icelandic: krabbameinsvaldur m
• Indonesian: karsinogen (id)
• Irish: carcanaigin f
• Italian: agente cancerogeno m, prodotto cancerogeno m
• Japanese: 発癌物質 (はつがんぶっしつ, hatsugan busshitsu)
• Malay: karsinogen
• Polish: czynnik rakotwórczy m
• Portuguese: carcinógeno m
• Russian: канцероге́н (ru) m (kancerogén)
• Serbo-Croatian: karcinogen m, карциноген m
• Spanish: carcinógeno (es) m, cancerígeno (es) m, carcinogénico m
• Welsh: carsinogen m

Further reading

• “carcinogen”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

carcinogen (strong nominative masculine singular carcinogener, comparative carcinogener, superlative am carcinogensten)

1. alternative spelling of karzinogen

Declension

Positive forms of carcinogen

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist carcinogen	sie ist carcinogen	es ist carcinogen	sie sind carcinogen
strong declension (without article)	nominative	carcinogener	carcinogene	carcinogenes	carcinogene
	genitive	carcinogenen	carcinogener	carcinogenen	carcinogener
	dative	carcinogenem	carcinogener	carcinogenem	carcinogenen
	accusative	carcinogenen	carcinogene	carcinogenes	carcinogene
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der carcinogene	die carcinogene	das carcinogene	die carcinogenen
	genitive	des carcinogenen	der carcinogenen	des carcinogenen	der carcinogenen
	dative	dem carcinogenen	der carcinogenen	dem carcinogenen	den carcinogenen
	accusative	den carcinogenen	die carcinogene	das carcinogene	die carcinogenen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein carcinogener	eine carcinogene	ein carcinogenes	(keine) carcinogenen
	genitive	eines carcinogenen	einer carcinogenen	eines carcinogenen	(keiner) carcinogenen
	dative	einem carcinogenen	einer carcinogenen	einem carcinogenen	(keinen) carcinogenen
	accusative	einen carcinogenen	eine carcinogene	ein carcinogenes	(keine) carcinogenen

Comparative forms of carcinogen

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist carcinogener	sie ist carcinogener	es ist carcinogener	sie sind carcinogener
strong declension (without article)	nominative	carcinogenerer	carcinogenere	carcinogeneres	carcinogenere
	genitive	carcinogeneren	carcinogenerer	carcinogeneren	carcinogenerer
	dative	carcinogenerem	carcinogenerer	carcinogenerem	carcinogeneren
	accusative	carcinogeneren	carcinogenere	carcinogeneres	carcinogenere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der carcinogenere	die carcinogenere	das carcinogenere	die carcinogeneren
	genitive	des carcinogeneren	der carcinogeneren	des carcinogeneren	der carcinogeneren
	dative	dem carcinogeneren	der carcinogeneren	dem carcinogeneren	den carcinogeneren
	accusative	den carcinogeneren	die carcinogenere	das carcinogenere	die carcinogeneren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein carcinogenerer	eine carcinogenere	ein carcinogeneres	(keine) carcinogeneren
	genitive	eines carcinogeneren	einer carcinogeneren	eines carcinogeneren	(keiner) carcinogeneren
	dative	einem carcinogeneren	einer carcinogeneren	einem carcinogeneren	(keinen) carcinogeneren
	accusative	einen carcinogeneren	eine carcinogenere	ein carcinogeneres	(keine) carcinogeneren

Superlative forms of carcinogen

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am carcinogensten	sie ist am carcinogensten	es ist am carcinogensten	sie sind am carcinogensten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	carcinogenster	carcinogenste	carcinogenstes	carcinogenste
	genitive	carcinogensten	carcinogenster	carcinogensten	carcinogenster
	dative	carcinogenstem	carcinogenster	carcinogenstem	carcinogensten
	accusative	carcinogensten	carcinogenste	carcinogenstes	carcinogenste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der carcinogenste	die carcinogenste	das carcinogenste	die carcinogensten
	genitive	des carcinogensten	der carcinogensten	des carcinogensten	der carcinogensten
	dative	dem carcinogensten	der carcinogensten	dem carcinogensten	den carcinogensten
	accusative	den carcinogensten	die carcinogenste	das carcinogenste	die carcinogensten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein carcinogenster	eine carcinogenste	ein carcinogenstes	(keine) carcinogensten
	genitive	eines carcinogensten	einer carcinogensten	eines carcinogensten	(keiner) carcinogensten
	dative	einem carcinogensten	einer carcinogensten	einem carcinogensten	(keinen) carcinogensten
	accusative	einen carcinogensten	eine carcinogenste	ein carcinogenstes	(keine) carcinogensten

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French carcinogène.

Adjective

carcinogen m or n (feminine singular carcinogenă, masculine plural carcinogeni, feminine/neuter plural carcinogene)

1. carcinogenic

Declension

Declension of carcinogen

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	carcinogen		carcinogenă		carcinogeni	carcinogene
	definite	carcinogenul		carcinogena		carcinogenii	carcinogenele
genitive- dative	indefinite	carcinogen		carcinogene		carcinogeni	carcinogene
	definite	carcinogenului		carcinogenei		carcinogenilor	carcinogenelor