carcinogenic

3 definitions found

carcinogenic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  carcinogenic \car`cin*o*gen"ic\
     (k[aum]r`s[i^]n*[-o]*j[e^]n"[i^]k), adj.
     Causing or tending to cause cancer; as, the carcinogenic
     action of certain chemicals or of ionizing radiation. --
     car`cin*o*gen*ic"i*ty, n.
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

carcinogenic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  carcinogenic
      adj 1: causing or tending to cause cancer; "the carcinogenic
             action of certain chemicals"

carcinogenic - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "carcinogenic":
     allergic, anemic, apoplectic, arthritic, bilious, cancerous,
     chlorotic, colicky, consumptive, dropsical, dyspeptic, edematous,
     encephalitic, epileptic, laryngitic, leprous, luetic, malarial,
     malignant, measly, nephritic, neuralgic, neuritic, palsied,
     paralytic, phthisic, pleuritic, pneumonic, pocky, podagric,
     rachitic, rheumatic, rickety, scorbutic, scrofulous, tabetic,
     tabid, tubercular, tuberculous, tumorigenic, tumorous