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carcinogenic

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carcinogenic
[kär′sinəjen′ik]
pertaining to the ability to cause the development of a cancer. Also cancerigenic, cancerogenic. carcinogenicity, n.
carcinogenic
having a capacity for carcinogenesis.


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