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oncogenic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɒŋkoʊˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/

Etymology

From onco- (“tumor”) + -genic (“producing”).

Meanings

  1. (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:
  2. (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

Synonyms

oncogenous · oncogenous