CARCINOGEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carcinogen mean? 

• CARCINOGEN (noun)
  The noun CARCINOGEN has 1 sense:

1. any substance that produces cancer

  Familiarity information: CARCINOGEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARCINOGEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any substance that produces cancer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("carcinogen" is a kind of...):

substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)

Derivation:

carcinogenic (causing or tending to cause cancer)

 Context examples 

Benzene is a known human carcinogen and is linked to an increased risk of developing lymphatic and hematopoietic cancers, acute myelogenous leukemia, as well as chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

(Benzene, NCI Thesaurus)

All benzidine containing dyes are considered human carcinogens based on the fact that they are metabolized in vivo to form free benzidine.

(Benzidine Containing Dye, NCI Thesaurus)

Benzo(a)pyrene-trans-7,8-dihydrodiol is an intermediate in the conversion of benzo(a)pyrene to the highly potent mutagen and carcinogen benzopyrene diol epoxide via cytochrome P450 CYP1A1.

(Benzo[a]pyrene trans-7,8-Dihydrodiol, NCI Thesaurus)

Benzo(b)fluoranthene is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(Benzo[b]fluoranthene, NCI Thesaurus)

Benz(a)anthracene is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(Benz[a]anthracene, NCI Thesaurus)

N-Nitrosopiperidine is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(N-Nitrosopiperidine, NCI Thesaurus)

The substance is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(Basic Fuchsin, NCI Thesaurus)

Naphthalene is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen and may be associated with an increased risk of developing laryngeal and colorectal cancer.

(Naphthalene, NCI Thesaurus)

BBMP is mutagenic and carcinogenic in animals and is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(BBMP, NCI Thesaurus)

Benzo(j)fluoranthene is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(Benzo[j]fluoranthene, NCI Thesaurus)