carcinogenic
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car·cin·o·gen
(kär-sĭn′ə-jən, kär′sə-nə-jĕn′)n.
A cancer-causing substance or agent.
car′ci·no·gen′e·sis (kär′sə-nə-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs) n.
car′cin·o·gen′ic (-jĕn′ĭk) adj.
car′ci·no·ge·nic′i·ty (-jə-nĭs′ĭ-tē) n.
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Adj. | 1. | carcinogenic - causing or tending to cause cancer; "the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals" |
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Translations
karcinogénrákkeltőrákokozó
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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carcinogenic
adj → karzinogen, krebserregend, Krebs erregend
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carcinogenic
[ˌkɑːsɪnəˈdʒɛnɪk] adj (Med) → cancerogeno/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
car·ci·no·gen·ic
n. carcinógeno-a, de origen canceroso.
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carcinogenic
adj cancerígeno, que causa cáncerEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.