cytotoxic

English

Etymology

cyto- +‎ toxic

Adjective

cytotoxic (comparative more cytotoxic, superlative most cytotoxic)

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

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Translations

Of or relating to cytotoxicity

French: cytotoxique (fr)
Hungarian: citotoxikus
Italian: citotossico (it)
Portuguese: citotóxico (pt)
Spanish: citotóxico (es)

Noun

cytotoxic (plural cytotoxics)

Any cytotoxic substance; a cytotoxin.
- 2015 August 27, “A Novel Isoquinoline Derivative Anticancer Agent and Its Targeted Delivery to Tumor Cells Using Transferrin-Conjugated Liposomes”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
  Current chemotherapies for cancer are mostly cytotoxics with serious side effects and high incidence of drug resistance.

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