発はつがん性せい

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Meanings

noun

carcinogenicity; cancer-causing property

medicine

Medical and scientific term referring to the ability of a substance or agent to cause cancer. Often used in risk assessments, product labeling, and research.

この化か学がく物ぶっ質しつには発はつがん性せいがあると報ほう告こくされている。
This chemical substance has been reported to have carcinogenicity.
発はつがん性せいのリスクを評ひょう価かするための試し験けんが行おこなわれた。
Tests were conducted to assess the risk of carcinogenicity.

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Kanji

発departure, discharge, publish
性sex, gender, nature
癌cancer, cancerous evil

Related words

発はつがん物ぶっ質しつ
Refers to a carcinogenic substance itself, while 発がん性 is the property or quality of being carcinogenic.
がん原げん性せい
Synonym also meaning carcinogenicity; 発がん性 is more common in general usage.

Built from

発はつがん+性せい

Written forms

発はつがん性せい
Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling commonly used in medical and public contexts.
発はつガン性せい
Variant with katakana ガン, sometimes seen in informal or explanatory writing.
発はつ癌がん性せい
Full kanji spelling using 癌; less common in modern materials due to the complexity of 癌.

Etymology

Compound of 発 (hatsu, 'induce') + がん (gan, 'cancer') + 性 (sei, 'property'). The kanji 癌 is the full character for cancer, but がん in kana is widely used.