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cytotoxic

adj

Etymology

From cyto- + toxic.

  1. derived from τοξικόν
  2. derived from toxicum
  3. derived from toxicus
  4. borrowed from toxique
  5. formed as cytotoxic — “cyto- + toxic”

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or being a cytotoxin.

  2. Of or relating to cytotoxicity.

    • A recent study focused on the enzymatic and cytotoxic functions of jellyfish metalloproteases and identified diverse proteolytic effects including gelatinolytic, caseinolytic, and fibrinolytic activities.

  3. Any cytotoxic substance

    Any cytotoxic substance; a cytotoxin.

    • Current chemotherapies for cancer are mostly cytotoxics with serious side effects and high incidence of drug resistance.

The neighborhood

Derived

anticytotoxic, autocytotoxic, cardiocytotoxic, cytotoxically, cytotoxicant, cytotoxicity, cytotoxic reaction, cytotoxic T cell, exocytotoxic, hepatocytotoxic, hypercytotoxic, hypocytotoxic, immunocytotoxic, lymphocytotoxic, melanocytotoxic, microcytotoxic, myocytotoxic, nanocytotoxic, neurocytotoxic, noncytotoxic, photocytotoxic, precytotoxic, subcytotoxic

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA