carcinogenic

English

Etymology

carcino- +‎ -genic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnɪk

Adjective

carcinogenic (comparative more carcinogenic, superlative most carcinogenic)

1. Causing or tending to cause cancer.
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     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.

Synonyms

• cancerogenic

Derived terms

• carcinogenically
• carcinogenicity
• hepatocarcinogenic
• noncarcinogenic
• procarcinogenic

 

Related terms

• carcinogen

Translations

causing or tending to cause cancer

• Armenian: քաղցկեղածին (hy) (kʻaġcʻkeġacin)
• Catalan: cancerigen, carcinogen
• 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
• German: krebserregend (de), karzinogen (de)
• Greek: καρκινογόνος (el) (karkinogónos)
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• Hungarian: karcinogén (hu), rákokozó, rákkeltő (hu)
• Irish: carcanaigineach
• Japanese: 発癌性 (はつがんせい, hatsugansei)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kreftfremkallende (no), karsinogen

• Portuguese: cancerígeno
• Romanian: cancerigen (ro), carcinogen (ro)
• Russian: канцерогенный (ru) (kancerogennyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: karcinogen m, kancerogen (sh) m
• Slovak: karciogénny
• Spanish: cancerígeno (es)
• Swedish: carcinogen (sv)

Noun

carcinogenic (plural carcinogenics)

1. Synonym of carcinogen

See also

• carcinogen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia