cytotoxic

cytotoxic

English

Etymology

cyto- +‎ toxic

Adjective

cytotoxic (comparative more cytotoxic, superlative most cytotoxic)

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

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

Of or relating to cytotoxicity

French: cytotoxique Hungarian: citotoxikus Italian: citotossico (it)

Portuguese: citotóxico (pt) Spanish: citotóxico (es)

Noun

cytotoxic (plural cytotoxics)

1. 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:10.1371/journal.pone.0136649:

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