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carcinogenesis

carcinogenesis noun: the creation of cancer cells.

Noun

carcinogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural carcinogeneses)

  1. The creation of cancer cells.
    • Whether they are involved in carcinogenesis by induction of a heritable lesion would depend, I believe, on their ability either to mispair or to misrepair.1982, Yutaka Kawazoe, “Molecular Mechanism of Chemical Modification of Cellular Nucleic Acid Bases by 4-Hydroxyaminoquinoline 1-oxide”, in Carcinogenic and Mutagenic N-substituted Aryl Compounds...

carcinogenesis meaning in Tamil

carcinogenesis in Tamil

புற்றாதல், புற்று ஆக்கம், புற்று வளர்ச்சி

Forms of carcinogenesis

pluralcarcinogeneses

Origin of carcinogenesis

From carcino- + -genesis.

Words formed from carcinogenesis

Questions about carcinogenesis

What does carcinogenesis mean?
Carcinogenesis means the creation of cancer cells.
What is carcinogenesis in Tamil?
Carcinogenesis in Tamil is புற்றாதல், புற்று ஆக்கம், புற்று வளர்ச்சி. See Carcinogenesis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is carcinogenesis?
Carcinogenesis is a noun.
What is the plural of carcinogenesis?
The plural of carcinogenesis is carcinogeneses.

Words near carcinogenesis in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carcinogenesis (page history and authors); carcinogenesis (Tamil 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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