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anticarcinogenic

anticarcinogenic adjective: tending to inhibit or prevent the activity of a carcinogen or the development of carcinoma. Also the alternative form of anticarcinogen.

Adjective

anticarcinogenic (comparative more anticarcinogenic, superlative most anticarcinogenic)

  1. tending to inhibit or prevent the activity of a carcinogen or the development of carcinoma.

Also used as

anticarcinogenic is also the alternative form of anticarcinogen.

Forms of anticarcinogenic

Adjective
comparativemore anticarcinogenic
superlativemost anticarcinogenic
Noun
pluralanticarcinogenics

Origin of anticarcinogenic

From anti- + carcinogenic.

Questions about anticarcinogenic

What does anticarcinogenic mean?
Anticarcinogenic means tending to inhibit or prevent the activity of a carcinogen or the development of carcinoma.
What part of speech is anticarcinogenic?
Anticarcinogenic is an adjective.

Words near anticarcinogenic in the dictionary

  1. anticar
  2. anticarbohydrate
  3. anticarbon
  4. anticarcinogen
  5. anticarcinogenesis
  6. anticarcinogenic
  7. anticarcinogenicity
  8. anticarcinogenics
  9. anticarcinogens
  10. anticarcinoma
  11. anticardia

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