The Clydesdale is a draft horse breed from Lanarkshire, Scotland, and its name was inspired by the River Clyde. The Clydesdaleâs history goes back to the mid-1700s, when native stocks were mated with larger Flemish horses and then selected for use in agriculture and for all types of heavy hauling, including transport through the streets of Glasgow.
Definition. 1  A carcinogen is a substance that causes cancer (or is believed to cause cancer). 2  A carcinogenic material is one that is known to cause cancer. 3  The process of forming cancer cells from normal cells or carcinomas is called carcinogenesis. A carcinogenic material is one that is known to cause cancer. 2  The process of forming cancer cells from normal cells or carcinomas is called carcinogenesis.
[edit on Wikidata] Carcinoma is a type of cancer that develops from epithelial cells. Specifically, a carcinoma is a cancer that begins in a tissue that lines the inner or outer surfaces of the body, and that generally arises from cells originating in the endodermal or ectodermal germ layer during embryogenesis.