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oncogenic
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on·co·gen·ic  (nk-jnk, ng-)
adj.
Tending to cause or give rise to tumors: an oncogenic virus.

[Greek onkos, mass, tumor; see oncology + -genic.]

onco·ge·nici·ty (-j-ns-t) n.

oncogenic [ˌɒŋkəʊˈdʒɛnɪk], oncogenous [ɒŋˈkɒdʒənəs]
adj
(Medicine / Pathology) causing the formation of a tumour an oncogenic virus
oncogenesis  n


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235) A year later, EPA published notice of a Consent Order to which EPA and five major oil companies agreed to conduct several mutagenicity tests, several pharmacokinetics tests to determine oral, dermal, and inhalation routes of exposure, three neurotoxicity tests, an inhalation oncogenicity test in two species and an inhalation two-generation reproduction and fertility effects study.
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