Coley's toxin

noun

Etymology

Named after the inventor, 19th-century bone cancer surgeon William Coley.

Definitions

  1. A family of anti-cancerous toxins containing heat-killed strep bacteria in combination…

    A family of anti-cancerous toxins containing heat-killed strep bacteria in combination with other live bacteria, used as an injection into tumours, that can reduce or eliminate the cancers.

  2. An oncotoxic concoction of that family.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Coley's toxin. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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