单词 | carcinogenesis |
释义 | carcinogenesisn. Medicine and Biology. The production or causation of cancer; the processes involved in the development of cancer or the malignant transformation of cells. Cf. oncogenesis n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > cancer > development or production of canceration1691 carcinosis1869 cancerization1923 carcinogenesis1923 1923 Lancet 28 July 159/2 The researches on experimental carcinogenesis of the past ten years. 1952 R. J. Ludford in G. H. Bourne Cytol. & Cell Physiol. (ed. 2) ix. 407 Such cases render it improbable that cellular differentiation can be an essential factor in carcinogenesis. 1962 Exper. Cell Res. 27 18 The problems of carcinogenesis and mutagenesis. 1984 M. J. Taussig Processes in Pathol. & Microbiol. (ed. 2) vi. 756 An important feature of carcinogenesis by the aromatic amines and related molecules is that, unlike polycyclic hydrocarbons, they do not usually induce tumours at the site of their original contact or application. 2002 Carcinogenesis 23 2081/1 Miscoding carcinogen-DNA adducts are formed by cigarette smoke constituents and are thought to initiate lung carcinogenesis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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