Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photocarcinogen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pho-to-car-cino-gen
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any substance that becomes a carcinogen on exposure to light.

Example Sentences

"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.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: photo

Inflected Forms

photocarcinogens (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

photocarcinogenic

Questions

What does photocarcinogen mean?: Any substance that becomes a carcinogen on exposure to light.
Where does photocarcinogen come from?: From photo- + carcinogen.

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