Medical term:

cocarcinogen



cocarcinogen

 [ko″kahr-sin´o-jen]
an agent that increases the effect of a carcinogen by direct concurrent local effect on the tissue.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

co·car·cin·o·gen

(kō-kar-sin'ō-jen'),
A substance that works symbiotically with a carcinogen in the production of cancer.
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cocarcinogen

(kō′kär-sĭn′ə-jən, kō-kär′sĭn-ə-jĕn′)
n.
A substance or factor that will not promote cancer by itself but can potentiate cancer when acting with carcinogenic agents.

co·car′cin·o·gen′ic (-sə-nə-jĕn′ĭk) adj.
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co·car·cin·o·gen

(kō'kahr-sin'ō-jen)
A substance that works symbiotically with a carcinogen in the production of cancer.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012


cocarcinogenesis

 [ko-kahr″sĭ-no-jen´ĕ-sis]
the development, according to one theory, of cancer only in preconditioned cells as a result of conditions favorable to its growth.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.


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