"carcinogen" meaning in English

See carcinogen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɑɹˈsɪnəd͡ʒən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-carcinogen.wav Forms: carcinogens [plural]
Etymology: From carcino- + -gen. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|carcino|gen}} carcino- + -gen Head templates: {{en-noun}} carcinogen (plural carcinogens)
  1. A substance or agent that can cause cancer. Wikipedia link: carcinogen Categories (topical): Oncology Related terms: carcinogenesis, carcinoid, carcinology, carcinoma Translations (substance or agent that can cause cancer): քաղցկեղածին (kʻaġcʻkeġacin) (Armenian), carcinogen [masculine] (Catalan), cancerigen [masculine] (Catalan), 致癌物質 (Chinese Cantonese), 致癌物质 (zi³ ngaam⁴ mat⁶ zat¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 致癌物質 (Chinese Mandarin), 致癌物质 (zhì'ái wùzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), karcinogen [masculine] (Czech), carcinogen (Danish), carcinogeen (Dutch), kankerverwekkende stof [feminine] (Dutch), kantserogeen (Estonian), kartsinogeen (Estonian), karsinogeeni (Finnish), syöpää aiheuttava aine (Finnish), cancérogène [masculine] (French), carcinogène [masculine] (French), Karzinogen [neuter] (German), krabbameinsvaldur [masculine] (Icelandic), karsinogen (Indonesian), carcanaigin [feminine] (Irish), agente cancerogeno [masculine] (Italian), prodotto cancerogeno [masculine] (Italian), 発癌物質 (hatsugan busshitsu) (alt: はつがんぶっしつ) (Japanese), karsinogen (Malay), czynnik rakotwórczy [masculine] (Polish), carcinógeno [masculine] (Portuguese), канцероге́н (kancerogén) [masculine] (Russian), karcinogen [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), карциноген [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), carcinógeno [masculine] (Spanish), carsinogen [masculine] (Welsh)

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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "substance or agent that can cause cancer",
      "word": "kartsinogeen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "substance or agent that can cause cancer",
      "word": "karsinogeeni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "substance or agent that can cause cancer",
      "word": "syöpää aiheuttava aine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "substance or agent that can cause cancer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cancérogène"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "substance or agent that can cause cancer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carcinogène"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "substance or agent that can cause cancer",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Karzinogen"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "substance or agent that can cause cancer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krabbameinsvaldur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "substance or agent that can cause cancer",
      "word": "karsinogen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "substance or agent that can cause cancer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carcanaigin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "substance or agent that can cause cancer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agente cancerogeno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "substance or agent that can cause cancer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prodotto cancerogeno"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はつがんぶっしつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hatsugan busshitsu",
      "sense": "substance or agent that can cause cancer",
      "word": "発癌物質"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "substance or agent that can cause cancer",
      "word": "karsinogen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "substance or agent that can cause cancer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "czynnik rakotwórczy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "substance or agent that can cause cancer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carcinógeno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kancerogén",
      "sense": "substance or agent that can cause cancer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "канцероге́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "substance or agent that can cause cancer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "karcinogen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "substance or agent that can cause cancer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "карциноген"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "substance or agent that can cause cancer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carcinógeno"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "substance or agent that can cause cancer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carsinogen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carcinogen"
}

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