carcinogen Path.
(kɑːˈsɪnədʒən)
[f. carcinoma + -gen 1.]
A substance or agent that produces cancer.
| 1853 J. Paget Lect. Surg. Path. xv. 590 Is there one material for cancer, one carcinogen, which..may form different yet closely allied compounds? 1936 Nature 10 Oct. 651/2 This result affords some support for the suggestion that the ‘substrates’ upon which carcinogens act are protein in nature. 1937 Ann. Reg. 1936 55 Carcinogens can excite œstrus and œstrin can have carcinogenic effects. 1955 Sci. News XXXVI. 14 Continued treatment with a true carcinogen..speeds up tumour formation. |