Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
carcinogenic \car`cin*o*gen"ic\ (k[aum]r`s[i^]n*[-o]*j[e^]n"[i^]k), adj. Causing or tending to cause cancer; as, the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals or of ionizing radiation. -- car`cin*o*gen*ic"i*ty, n.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1926, from carcinogen + -ic.
Wiktionary
a. Causing or tending to cause cancer.
WordNet
adj. causing or tending to cause cancer; "the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals"
Usage examples of "carcinogenic".
These carcinogenic cells cater to pornographers, drug dealers, perverts, foreign immigrants, and foreign competitors.
And whatever is left may well be carcinogenic, as you saw in Baltimore Harbor.
He'd read somewhere that decaying meat was carcinogenic, then he remembered that Polly was a vegetarian and felt better.
The machine disgorged its contents: ice, sugar and carcinogenic food colouring.
She saw the dog's jaw drop open: the carcinogenic teeth, the tumor of the tongue, the flamelets of sizzling drool.
Giver of all life, the sun was now taking life away, the lifetaker, the carcinogenic sun.
And, come to think of it, to find an overhead project that worked and to persuade someone to clean that palimpsest of a white board The only chemical that would shift the layers of board marker was rumoured to be carcinogenic, and since even the most cavalier of the caretaking team would always insist on donning a mask and heavy-duty gloves to use it, that was one job I wouldn't volunteer for.
Nitrogen let can cause acute pulmonary edemas, hydrazine is carcinogenic, and there are old studies linking aluminum with Alzheimer's.
The fluorides react with the carbon anodes to form polyfluorocarbons, which are carcinogenic.
Doc says the cables were coated with some kind of carcinogenic, and it's fucking up the rapid regrowth.
The trigger can be a virus, or radiation, or a carcinogenic chemical, or a mutant gene that is inherited, or even a failure of the body's autore.
At every intersection there were collapsible booths almost buried under the load of goods they offered for sale: papers and journals, records, reefers, cigarettes made of a strain of tobacco alleged to lack all carcinogenic compounds - Donald didn't feel inclined to put the claim to the test - telescopic umbrellas, sun-glasses in cheap Japanese photo-reactive plastic, busts of Marshal Solukarta, sweetmeats, sandals, brooches, knives .