Photocarcinogen
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any substance that becomes a carcinogen on exposure to light.
"So I brought it to campus for testing and turns out there was a suspected endocrine disrupter and a photocarcinogen — a chemical that, when exposed to sunlight, has a carcinogenic potential to it."
Example
More examples"So I brought it to campus for testing and turns out there was a suspected endocrine disrupter and a photocarcinogen — a chemical that, when exposed to sunlight, has a carcinogenic potential to it."
Etymology
From photo- + carcinogen.
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