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procarcinogenic

procarcinogenic adjective: that leads to the formation of carcinogenic agents.

Adjective

procarcinogenic (not comparable)

  1. That leads to the formation of carcinogenic agents
    • Probably, this change, as well as differences in the molecular biology, can be attributed to the observations described, in combination with screening achievements and changes in lifestyle with different exposures to procarcinogenic agents in the proximal colon; at least, previous polypectomy is...2014 February 3, Johanna Munding, Andrea Tannapfel, “Epidemiology of Colorectal Adenomas and Histopathological Assessment of Endoscopic Specimens in the Colorectum”, in Viszeralmedizin, volume 30...

Noun

procarcinogenic (plural procarcinogenics)

  1. Any such material

Forms of procarcinogenic

pluralprocarcinogenics

Origin of procarcinogenic

From pro- + carcinogenic.

Questions about procarcinogenic

What does procarcinogenic mean?
Procarcinogenic means that leads to the formation of carcinogenic agents.
What part of speech is procarcinogenic?
Procarcinogenic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near procarcinogenic in the dictionary

  1. procarboxypeptidase
  2. procarboxypeptidases
  3. procarboxysome
  4. procarboxysomes
  5. procarcinogen
  6. procarcinogenic
  7. procarcinogenics
  8. procarcinogens
  9. procardiogenic
  10. procardiomyogenic
  11. procardiomyopathic

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