- carcinogenic
- adjective see carcinogen
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
carcinogenic
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carcinogenic — car cin*o*gen ic (k[aum]r s[i^]n*[ o]*j[e^]n [i^]k), adj. Causing or tending to cause cancer; as, the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals or of ionizing radiation. {car cin*o*gen*ic i*ty}, n. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
carcinogenic — 1926, from CARCINOGEN (Cf. carcinogen) (q.v.) + IC (Cf. ic) … Etymology dictionary
carcinogenic — Causing cancer. * * * car·ci·no·gen·ic .kärs ən ō jen ik adj producing or tending to produce cancer <the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals (Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.)> car·ci·no·gen·i·cal·ly i k(ə )lē adv car·ci·no·ge·nic·i·ty jə nis… … Medical dictionary
carcinogenic — adj. Carcinogenic is used with these nouns: ↑substance … Collocations dictionary
carcinogenic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cancerous, malignant. See disease. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [kar sin uh JEN ik] pertaining to any substance or source that causes cancer. Radiation is highly carcinogenic.… … English dictionary for students
carcinogenic — car|cin|o|gen|ic [ˌka:sınəˈdʒenık US ˌka:r ] adj likely to cause ↑cancer ▪ the carcinogenic effects of coal dust … Dictionary of contemporary English
carcinogenic — [[t]kɑ͟ː(r)sɪnəʤe̱nɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED A substance that is carcinogenic is likely to cause cancer. [MEDICAL] … English dictionary
carcinogenic — adjective likely to cause cancer: the carcinogenic effects of high fat diets … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
carcinogenic — carcinogen ► NOUN ▪ a substance capable of causing cancer. DERIVATIVES carcinogenic adjective. ORIGIN from CARCINOMA(Cf. ↑carcinomatous) … English terms dictionary
carcinogenic substance — kancerogenai statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Cheminiai junginiai, tam tikromis sąlygomis skatinantys navikų susidarymą organizme. atitikmenys: angl. carcinogen; carcinogenic substance vok. Karzinogen, n; krebserregende… … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
