Neoplastic Process
chemical carcinogenesis
chem·i·cal car·cin·o·gen·e·sis
Definitions related to chemical carcinogenesis:
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Process by which normal cells are transformed into cancer cells by means of a chemical.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The study of the processes by which normal cells are transformed into cancer cells by chemicals.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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