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photocarcinogen

photocarcinogen noun: any substance that becomes a carcinogen on exposure to light.

Noun

photocarcinogen (plural photocarcinogens)

  1. Any substance that becomes a carcinogen on exposure to light.
    • 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.2009 May 21, Julie Scelfo, “Apply These Product Ratings Generously”, in New York Times

Forms of photocarcinogen

pluralphotocarcinogens

Origin of photocarcinogen

From photo- + carcinogen.

Questions about photocarcinogen

What does photocarcinogen mean?
Photocarcinogen means any substance that becomes a carcinogen on exposure to light.
What part of speech is photocarcinogen?
Photocarcinogen is a noun.
What is the plural of photocarcinogen?
The plural of photocarcinogen is photocarcinogens.

Words near photocarcinogen in the dictionary

  1. photocameras
  2. photocapacitance
  3. photocapture
  4. photocaptured
  5. photocaptures
  6. photocarcinogen
  7. photocarcinogenesis
  8. photocarcinogenic
  9. photocarcinogenicity
  10. photocarcinogens
  11. photocard

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