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ANTI-CARCINOGENIC [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cancers and Oncology
  • Medication
DEF

Pertaining to something which acts against a carcinogen or its effects.

Key term(s)
  • anti-carcinogenic

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cancers et oncologie
  • Médicaments
DEF

Qui réduit ou annule les effets d'un carcinogène.

OBS

En règle générale, les mots composés qui commencent par le préfixe «anti» s'écrivent sans trait d'union.

OBS

[Le terme «cancérogène»] est le favori de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris [...] car la pureté de la langue veut que ce soit un -o qui lie deux éléments d'origine grecque.

Key term(s)
  • anti-carcinogène
  • anti-cancérogène
  • anti-cancérigène

Spanish

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