Definitions
Etymologies
- From carcino- + -gen. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The term carcinogen refers to any substance, radionuclide or radiation that is an agent directly involved in the promotion of cancer or in the ... en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinogens”
“* disclaimer: depending on your use of the term carcinogen and how far you want to take it then yes, all air is carcinogenic and pretty much every item you come in contact with is carcinogenic as well.”
“The carcinogen is often released by petrochemical plants and rubber and plastics manufacturers.”
“Hydrocarbons such as benzene, a carcinogen, is a problem with gasoline.”
“According to Prop. 65, a chemical must be listed if it is formally identified as a carcinogen or reproductive toxicant by an authoritative scientific body.”
“Some have eco-friendly attributes, like wood with low emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), such as formaldehyde, which is classified as a carcinogen by the World Health Organization.”
“I am not a total bliss ninny - it still pisses me off that a drug- known as a carcinogen- was giving to women trying to protect their pregnancies.”
“With formaldehyde, the degree of risk from chronic exposure is still somewhat uncertain, but it is classified as a carcinogen, and we do want to be sensitive to the fact that people who spend a lot of time in their trailers could be at risk for cumulative exposure effects.”
“If it's a carcinogen or it's classified as a carcinogen, what they're going to need to do and they said they're going to do this, is study these folks because the cancer likely wouldn't show up for years and years.”
“A substance will be classified as a carcinogen even if only one species is affected by a substance.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘carcinogen’.
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probablyankita's list
Words are all I have to take your heart away
apartheid, techno-klutz, logorrheic, gordian knot, anodyne, odor of sanctity, finders keepers, foot-in-mouth dis..., dutch uncle, masquerade, smoke signals, furtive glance and 320 more...
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Words build meanings from origins( et...
These come from gamma meditation ,I think.
discursive, exogenous, machinations, purportedly, sumptuous, congruity, cantankerous, incongruous, festoon, hessian, ratiocinative, stratigraphic and 2046 more...
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AGRI - sustainable agriculture
abiota, aborigines, absorptive capacity, acceptable daily ..., acclimation, acid precipitation, acquired by weeds..., active solar heating, acute, adaptation, additives, aerosol and 447 more...
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ENVI - Seveso
Terms used in the EU's environmental policy referring to the Seveso III. directive.
HU translations: European Universi..., dangerous substances, tiered approach, classification sy..., toxic, exposure routes, oral exposure, dermal exposure, exposure by inhal..., CLP Regulation, package of correc..., delegated acts and 51 more... -
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-gen
“that which produces,â€
(Origin:
F -gène
Gk. genés 'born, produced';
L. genus, 'kin')mutagen, mutagenesis, pathogen, pathogenesis, progeny, mitogen, parthenogenesis, transgene, mucinogen, myogenic, autogenic, endogenous and 83 more...
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Favorites
disparage, partisan, cupidity, hokum, tussle, odious, dastardly, overture, plane, chronic, peering, peer and 328 more...
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hedges's Words
wii, crepuscule, adumbrate, concatenation, sufi, qawwali, furry, riot, mellifluous, conspiracy, etymology, tea cozy and 369 more...
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carcino-
of or relating to cancer
carcinogenic, carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, carcinogen, carcinoembryonic
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vinyl's Words
deliverator, finna, metric fuckton, fag, hyphy, ginormous, sacrilicious, fantabulous, macaca, n-word, pterodactyl, genious and 560 more...
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-gen
something that produces; origin; denoting a substance
Note: Also -genesisoxygen, endogen, endogenic, endogeny, parthogenesis, genesis, carcinogen, cultigen, allergen, pathogen
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dienekes's Words
chutzpah, lexicon, intrepid, pedagogical, schlemiel, schism, erudite, anathema, pugilist, jaunty, paradigm, automaton and 949 more...
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ginnylev's Words
neuroplasticity, repudiate, scintilla, ruminate, tautology, ombudsman, exigent, filibuster, grace, ambidextrous, amends, disclosure and 623 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, C
cryptoxanthin, convent, calcar, chuckle, campanile, covet, complexion, campestral, chirography, counterscarp, caliginous, catabolism and 722 more...
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1103
catatonia, dispatch, resuscitate, alleged, douse, expressly, famished, libel, misgiving, oaf, repast, recede and 52 more...
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zwieback, prophylactic, sidereal, demesne, manorial, dressage, arboretum, colporteur, intaglio, incise, pithecanthropus, incunabulum and 71 more...
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siguy's Words
cacophony, supercilious, superfluous, belligerent, disambiguation, sanguine, syncopated, pulchritude, arbritrarily, sinister, overlord, embellish and 40 more...
Tweets
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reesetee I always want this word to be about cars instead of cancer. Nov 21, 2008