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carcinogen

/kɑɹˈsɪnəd͡ʒən/

carcinogen noun: a substance or agent that can cause cancer.

Noun

carcinogen (plural carcinogens)

  1. A substance or agent that can cause cancer.
    • We know there are substances in our environment that are proven carcinogens—ionizing radiation, electromagnetic fields, organochlorines, pesticides and herbicides.1995 October 26, Barbra Wiener, Executive Director Women's Cancer Resource Center Minneapolis, “Letter: Focus Cancer Research on Prevention”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30...
    • This isn’t the first benzene-related recall of 2021. In July, Johnson & Johnson recalled some spray-on Neutrogena and Aveeno sunscreens after it detected low levels of the carcinogen in the products.2021 November 26, Jackie Wattles, “Some Old Spice and Secret deodorants recalled after cancer-causing chemical is detected”, in CNN Business

carcinogen meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malay and Indonesian

carcinogen in Tamil

புற்றீணி, புற்று ஊக்கி, புற்றுச்செனி, புற்றுத் தூண்டி, புற்று நோய்க் காரணி, புற்று நோய் உருவாக

carcinogen in Bengali

ক্যান্সার সৃষ্টিকারী পদার্থ

carcinogen in Malay

substance or agent that can cause cancer
karsinogen

carcinogen in Indonesian

substance or agent that can cause cancer
karsinogen

Forms of carcinogen

pluralcarcinogens

Plural of carcinogen: carcinogens

Origin of carcinogen

From carcino- + -gen.

Words formed from carcinogen

Questions about carcinogen

What does carcinogen mean?
Carcinogen means a substance or agent that can cause cancer.
What is carcinogen in Tamil?
Carcinogen in Tamil is புற்றீணி, புற்று ஊக்கி, புற்றுச்செனி. See Carcinogen meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is carcinogen?
Carcinogen is a noun.
How do you pronounce carcinogen?
Carcinogen is pronounced /kɑɹˈsɪnəd͡ʒən/.
What is the plural of carcinogen?
The plural of carcinogen is carcinogens.

Words near carcinogen in the dictionary

  1. carcinoecia
  2. carcinoecium
  3. carcinoembrionic
  4. carcinoembryogenic
  5. carcinoembryonic
  6. carcinogen
  7. carcinogeneses
  8. carcinogenesis
  9. carcinogenetic
  10. carcinogenic
  11. carcinogenically

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: carcinogen (page history and authors); carcinogen (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Carcinogen (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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