cytotoxic
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Etymology edit
Adjective edit
cytotoxic (comparative more cytotoxic, superlative most cytotoxic)
- Of, relating to, or being a cytotoxin.
- Of or relating to cytotoxicity.
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Of or relating to cytotoxicity
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Noun edit
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[1], :
- Current chemotherapies for cancer are mostly cytotoxics with serious side effects and high incidence of drug resistance.