Etymology
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carcino- + -genic
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Adjective
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carcinogenic (comparative more carcinogenic, superlative most carcinogenic)
- 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.
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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
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carcinogenic (plural carcinogenics)
- Synonym of carcinogen
See also
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carcinogen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 