carcinogennoun [ C ]
uk/kɑːˈsɪn.ə.dʒən/us/kɑːrˈsɪn.ə.dʒən/a substance that causes cancer:
The American government classifies both asbestos and environmental tobacco smoke as class one carcinogens.
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Cancer
- acinic cell carcinoma
- acral lentiginous melanoma
- aggressive
- alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma
- alveolar soft part sarcoma
- brain tumour
- carcinogenesis
- carcinogenic
- chondroid chordoma
- chondrosarcoma
- chordoma
- malignancy
- metastatic
- myeloma
- neoplasia
- neoplasm
- neoplastic
- oncogene
- sarcoma
- tumour
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