carcinogen

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kɑːrˈsɪnədʒən/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/kɑrˈsɪnədʒən/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kär sin′ə jən, -jen′, kär′sə nə jen′, -nō-)



WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
car•cin•o•gen /kɑrˈsɪnədʒən/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Pathologyany substance that tends to produce a cancer.
See -gen-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
car•cin•o•gen  (kär sin′ə jən, -jen′, kär′sə nə jen′, -nō-),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]
  1. Pathologyany substance or agent that tends to produce a cancer.
  • 1935–40; carcino- + -gen
car•cin•o•gen•ic  (kär′sə nə jen′ik, -nō-),USA pronunciation adj.  car•ci•no•ge•nic•i•ty  (kär′sə nō jə nis′i tē),USA pronunciation n. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
carcinogen /kɑːˈsɪnədʒən; ˈkɑːsɪnəˌdʒɛn/ n
  1. any substance that produces cancer
Etymology: 20th Century: from Greek karkinos cancer + -genˌcarcinoˈgenic adj
'carcinogen' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-gen - carcino- - cyclamate - dimethylnitrosamine - latent period - Red No. 2

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