Definitions for carcinogen

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carcinogen car·cin·o·gen

Spelling: [kahr-sin-uh-juh n, -jen, kahr-s Carcinogen is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 497 anagrams from letters in carcinogen (acceginnor).

Definitions for carcinogen

noun

1. any substance or agent that tends to produce a cancer.

Origin of carcinogen

First recorded in 1935-40; carcino- + -gen

Examples for carcinogen

One study found it to be 30 times more potent a carcinogen.

Further, estrogen or carcinogen exposure over a lifetime leads to the development of cancer.

The coal ash deposits have heavy concentrations of hexavalent chromium, a carcinogen.