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tumorigenic

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

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Etymology tree English tumor Latin -i-bor. English -i- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic English tumorigenic From tumor + -i- + -genic.

more tumorigenic (comparative) most tumorigenic (superlative) tumourigenic (alternative)

antitumorigenic nontumorigenic pretumorigenic protumorigenic tumorigenically tumorigenicity

What does tumorigenic mean?: that can cause tumors
Where does tumorigenic come from?: Etymology tree English tumor Latin -i-bor. English -i- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic English tumorigenic From tumor + -i- + -genic.

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