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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescancérogénicité
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kã.se.ʁɔ.ʒe.ni.si.te
"Des études ont confirmé la cancérogénicité de cette substance chimique."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The propensity or capacity of a chemical, physical agent, or organism to cause cancer.
"Regulatory agencies require rigorous testing to determine the carcinogenicity of newly synthesized agrochemicals." - 2
The degree or potency with which an agent induces malignant transformations.
"Researchers compared the relative carcinogenicity of various polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons found in tobacco smoke."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the New Latin 'carcinogenum' (combining the Greek 'karkinos', meaning crab or cancer, and 'genos', meaning birth or origin) combined with the suffix '-icity'. First appearing in scientific literature in the mid-20th century during the rapid expansion of toxicology and oncology, it evolved to describe the specific capacity of a substance or agent to induce living tissues to form malignant tumors.
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cancérogénicité
Transliteration: kã.se.ʁɔ.ʒe.ni.si.te
"Des études ont confirmé la cancérogénicité de cette substance chimique."
Karzinogenität
Transliteration: kaʁ.tsi.no.ɡe.niˈtɛːt
"Die Karzinogenität des Materials wird derzeit im Labor untersucht."
cancerogenicità
Transliteration: kan.tʃe.ro.dʒe.ni.tʃiˈta
"È necessario valutare la cancerogenicità di questo additivo alimentare."
carcinogenicidad
Transliteration: kaɾ.si.no.xe.ni.siˈdad
"El informe evalúa la carcinogenicidad de los pesticidas en los cultivos."
carcinogenicidade
Transliteration: kaʁ.si.no.ʒe.ni.siˈda.dʒi
"O teste comprova a alta carcinogenicidade do composto."
कैंसरजनकता
Transliteration: kainsarjanakata
"वैज्ञानिक इस रसायन की कैंसरजनकता की जांच कर रहे हैं।"
致癌性
Transliteration: zhìái xìng
"科学家正在评估该化学品的致癌性。"
발암성
Transliteration: bal-am-seong
"이 물질의 발암성에 대한 정밀 조사가 필요하다."
発がん性
Transliteration: hatsugansei
"その物質の長期的な発がん性が懸念されている。"
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