CARCINOGENIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carcinogenic mean? 

• CARCINOGENIC (adjective)
  The adjective CARCINOGENIC has 1 sense:

1. causing or tending to cause cancer

  Familiarity information: CARCINOGENIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARCINOGENIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Causing or tending to cause cancer

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals

Pertainym:

carcinoma (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)

Derivation:

carcinogen (any substance that produces cancer)

 Context examples 

A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon produced during combustion of fuels exhibiting carcinogenic activity.

(Dimethylbenzanthracene, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of the toxic or carcinogenic chlorinated hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides.

(Dioxin Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

This treatment is classified as carcinogenic to Human by IARC.

(Methoxsalen With Ultraviolet A Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

A nitrosourea compound with alkylating, carcinogenic, and mutagenic properties.

(Methylnitrosourea, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This gene plays a role in the oxidation of nicotine to its carcinogenic metabolites.

(CYP2A6 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Many HAPs are already recognised as carcinogenic, however most of them have yet to be studied.

(Lung damage from agricultural fires probed, SciDev.Net)

A colorless, flammable, carcinogenic liquid with a highly irritating odor.

(Chloromethyl Methyl Ether, NCI Thesaurus)

A colorless, flammable, carcinogenic, chlorinated hydrocarbon with a pungent, ethereal odor.

(Chloroprene, NCI Thesaurus)

Chromium hexavalent compounds are carcinogenic in humans and are associated with an increased risk of developing lung cancer and cancer of the sinonasal cavity.

(Chromium Hexavalent Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

Animal studies suggest that chromium picolinate may be carcinogenic, it enters cells directly and can causes mutations.

(Chromium Picolinate, NCI Thesaurus)