carcinogen
/kɑːˈsɪnədʒ(ə)n
/noun
A substance capable of causing cancer in living tissue.The combination of cigarette smoking and exposure to many occupational carcinogens increases risk of cancer....
- These chemicals include known or probable carcinogens, neurotoxins and reproductive toxins.
- The scientists also carried out animal trials on rats fed on ginger to establish if it could protect against cancer causing carcinogens.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from an abbreviation of carcinoma + -gen.
- asymmetrically
- asymmetrical warfare
- asymmetric bars
- asymmetric conflict
- asymmetric warfare
- asymmetry
- asymptomatic
- asymptote
- asymptotic
- asymptotically
- asynchronous
- asynchronously
- asynchronous transfer mode
- asynchrony
- asyndetic
- asyndeton
- as you do
- asystole
- asystolic
- (as) —— as all get out
- (as) —— as anything
- (as) —— as hell
- (as) —— as pie
- (as) —— as sin
- as —— as the next man