carcinogenicadjective
uk/ˌkɑː.sən.əˈdʒen.ɪk/us/ˌkɑːr.sən.oʊˈdʒen.ɪk/used to refer to a substance that causes cancer
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cancer
- acinic cell carcinoma
- acral lentiginous melanoma
- aggressive
- alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma
- alveolar soft part sarcoma
- brain tumour
- carcinogen
- carcinogenesis
- chondroid chordoma
- chondrosarcoma
- chordoma
- malignancy
- metastatic
- myeloma
- neoplasia
- neoplasm
- neoplastic
- oncogene
- sarcoma
- tumour
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Examples from literature
- There are naturally occurring highly carcinogenic substances in ordinary foods that are unavoidable.