leukotoxicity
English
Etymology
leuko- + toxicity
Noun
leukotoxicity (uncountable)
- (immunology) The quality of being leukotoxic.
- 1916, The American illustrated medical dictionary, page 557:
- leukotoxicity (lu''ko-tok-sis'it-e). Toxicity to leukocytes.
- 1959, The journal of immunology, volume 83, number 1, page 83:
- Finally, Bernheimer et al. have shown a striking correlation between the leukotoxicity of certain strains of streptococci and ability of the same strains to produce DPNase.
- 1972, Infection and immunity, volume 6, number 2, page 462:
- The purpose of the present investigation was to clarify the apparent discrepancy in the literature concerning the leukotoxicity of various streptolysin S preparations, and to study the effect of sublethal doses of streptolysin S on phagocytosis of streptococci by mouse peritoneal macrophages.
- 2016, Alyson J. McGregor, Sex and Gender in Acute Care Medicine, page 70:
- When female lung cancer patients were treated with combinations of cyclophosphamide, vincristine, cisplatin, doxorubicin, and etoposide, they had more severe leukotoxicity when compared to males.
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