carcinogenesis

noun

carcinogenesis

noun

Etymology From carcino- + -genesis.

1

Medicine, Oncology, Sciences The creation of cancer cells.

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.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:

Derived terms: adenocarcinogenesis, anticarcinogenesis, cholangiocarcinogenesis, cocarcinogenesis, hepatocarcinogenesis, nephrocarcinogenesis, neurocarcinogenesis, photocarcinogenesis, teratocarcinogenesis
Related terms: carcinogen, carcinogenetic

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