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Meaning of photocarcinogen | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Any substance that becomes a carcinogen on exposure to light.

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.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

photocarcinogenesis photocarcinogenicity photocard photocarotenogenesis photocarrier photocascade