carcinogenesis

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Etymology

carcino- +‎ -genesis

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carcinogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural carcinogeneses)

  1. (oncology) The creation of cancer cells.
    Hyponyms: carcinomagenesis, sarcomagenesis
    • 1982, Yutaka Kawazoe, “Molecular Mechanism of Chemical Modification of Cellular Nucleic Acid Bases by 4-Hydroxyaminoquinoline 1-oxide”, in Carcinogenic and Mutagenic N-substituted Aryl Compounds, page 185:
      Whether they are involved in carcinogenesis by induction of a heritable lesion would depend, I believe, on their ability either to mispair or to misrepair.

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