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制がん物質 (せいがんぶっしつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

制せいがん物ぶっ質しつ

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Meanings

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noun

anticancer substance; carcinostatic agent

medicine

Medical term for a substance that inhibits cancer growth; used in pharmacology and oncology.

この研けん究きゅうでは、新あたらしい制せいがん物ぶっ質しつの効こう果かを調しらべています。
This research is investigating the effects of a new anticancer substance.

制せいがん物ぶっ質しつを含ふくむ食しょく品ひんが注ちゅう目もくされている。

Foods containing anticarcinogenic substances are attracting attention.

Written forms

制せいがん物ぶっ質しつ
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling; がん is often written in kana in medical contexts.
制せいガン物ぶっ質しつ
Katakana variant of がん; sometimes used for emphasis or in technical writing.
制せい癌がん物ぶっ質しつ
Full kanji spelling; 癌 is a non-jōyō kanji, so mixed kana is more common.

Kanji

制system, law, rule
物thing, object, matter
質substance, quality, matter
癌cancer, cancerous evil

Similar words

抗こうがん剤ざい
Refers specifically to anticancer drugs used in chemotherapy, while 制がん物質 is a broader term for any substance with cancer-inhibiting properties.

Etymology

Compound of 制 (sei, 'control' or 'suppress'), がん (gan, 'cancer'), and 物質 (busshitsu, 'substance').