Carcinogenic
[kahr-sin-uh-juhn, -ic]
(adj.)
definition: something that causes or is causing cancer.
book sentence:
They didn't watch him breathe in carcinogenic dry-cleaning fumes for eighteen years, be denied a college education because he wasn't an important son, or see his ungrateful children look at him with eyes full of shame because he couldn't be an all-American dad.
forms:
carcinogen (noun)
carcinogenicity (adjective)
My sentence:
Alcohol is a carcinogen risk factor that doctors think leads to cancer.
etymology :
-carcino: cancer
-genic : to produce
[kahr-sin-uh-juhn, -ic]
(adj.)
definition: something that causes or is causing cancer.
book sentence:
They didn't watch him breathe in carcinogenic dry-cleaning fumes for eighteen years, be denied a college education because he wasn't an important son, or see his ungrateful children look at him with eyes full of shame because he couldn't be an all-American dad.
forms:
carcinogen (noun)
carcinogenicity (adjective)
My sentence:
Alcohol is a carcinogen risk factor that doctors think leads to cancer.
etymology :
-carcino: cancer
-genic : to produce
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