Noun: carcinogenesis
| Singular | carcinogenesis |
| Plural | carcinogeneses |
Sample Sentences
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Whether they are involved in carcinogenesis by induction of a heritable lesion would depend, I believe, on their ability either to mispair or to misrepair. [1982, Yutaka Kawazoe, “Molecular Mechanism of Chemical Modification of Cellular Nucleic Acid Bases by 4-Hydroxyaminoquinoline 1-oxide”, in Carcinogenic and Mutagenic N-substituted Aryl Compounds, page 185:]
Nouns inflected like carcinogenesis
mythopoiesis,
ketoacidosis,
carcinomatosis,
macropinocytosis,
syrtis,
glomerulosclerosis,
anagenesis,
cryptanalysis,
sepsis,
subhypothesis,
neurotoxocariasis,
dysmorphosis,
preexapophysis,
neurolipidosis,
diegesis,
chocolate nemesis,
carcinogenesis,
eccyesis,
qualitative analysis,
epicranial aponeurosis, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From carcino- + -genesis.