photocarcinogen
English
editEtymology
editphoto- + carcinogen
Noun
editphotocarcinogen (plural photocarcinogens)
- Any substance that becomes a carcinogen on exposure to light.
- 2009 May 21, Julie Scelfo, “Apply These Product Ratings Generously”, in New York Times[1]:
- So I brought it to campus for testing and turns out there was a suspected endocrine disrupter and a photocarcinogen — a chemical that, when exposed to sunlight, has a carcinogenic potential to it.