cytotoxic

Etymology

cyto- + toxic

adj

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

noun

  1. Any cytotoxic substance; a cytotoxin.
    Current chemotherapies for cancer are mostly cytotoxics with serious side effects and high incidence of drug resistance. August 27, 2015, “A Novel Isoquinoline Derivative Anticancer Agent and Its Targeted Delivery to Tumor Cells Using Transferrin-Conjugated Liposomes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

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