CARCINOGENIC

PRONUNCIATION: (kahr-si-nuh-JEN-ik)

MEANING: adjective: Capable of causing cancer.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek carcino- (cancer) + -genic (producing). Earliest documented use: 1916.
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CALCINOGENIC- producing calcium deposits

CHARCINOGENIC - why you shouldn't eat VERY-very-well-done beef

CARCINOGENIE - See, this crab found an old lamp on the beach, and rubbed it, and...