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Italian
Etymology
From onco- + -geno.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /onˈkɔ.d͡ʒe.no/
- Rhymes: -ɔdʒeno
- Hyphenation: on‧cò‧ge‧no
Adjective
oncogeno (feminine oncogena, masculine plural oncogeni, feminine plural oncogene)
- (medicine) oncogenic
- Synonym: cancerogeno
Further reading
- oncogeno in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- oncogeno in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- oncogeno in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- oncògeno in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- oncògeno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana