oncogenic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌɒŋkoʊˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/
Etymology
From onco- (“tumor”) + -genic (“producing”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Causing the formation of tumors.
oncogenic viruses
From the late 1960s research into oncogenic viruses was particularly advanced by David Baltimore (b. 1938) and Howard Tenin (1934–94), who simultaneously published a report of the discovery of an enzyme reverse transcriptase.
1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 554:
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(not-comparable) Arising from or caused by a tumor: tumor-induced.
oncogenic osteomalacia
Deriveds
protooncogenic · prooncogenic · antioncogenic · oncogenicity · nononcogenic · multioncogenic
Relateds
oncoproteomics · oncoproteogenome · oncogenomic · oncogenomics · oncoproteomic · oncogenics · proto-oncogene · oncogenetic · oncologic · oncology · oncoproteogenomics · proto-oncogenic · oncoprotein · oncoproteome · oncogenome · oncogenesis · oncological · oncogenetics · oncoproteogenomic · oncogene