carcinogenesis

English

Etymology

carcino- +‎ -genesis

Noun

carcinogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural carcinogeneses)

1. (oncology) The creation of cancer cells.

Related terms

• carcinogenetic

Derived terms

• adenocarcinogenesis
• anticarcinogenesis
• cholangiocarcinogenesis
• cocarcinogenesis
• hepatocarcinogenesis
• nephrocarcinogenesis
• neurocarcinogenesis
• photocarcinogenesis
• teratocarcinogenesis

 

Translations

the creation of cancer cells

• Greek: καρκινογένεση (el) f (karkinogénesi)
• Irish: carcanaigineas m
• Japanese: 発癌 (はつがん, hatsugan)
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• Polish: karcynogeneza, kancerogeneza, karcinogeneza f
• Romanian: carcinogeneză (ro) f, cancerogeneză (ro) f

See also

• carcinogenesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia