carcinogenesis

[ kahr-suh-nuh-jen-uh-sis, -noh- ]

nounPathology.
  1. the development of a cancer.

Origin of carcinogenesis

1
First recorded in 1925–30; carcino- + -genesis

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British Dictionary definitions for carcinogenesis

carcinogenesis

/ (ˌkɑːsɪnəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs) /


noun
  1. pathol the development of cancerous cells from normal ones

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