Cytotoxic Definition

sītə-tŏksĭk
adjective
That harms or destroys living cells.
Cytotoxic drug therapy.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to cytotoxins, their effects, etc.
Webster's New World

Of, relating to, or being a cytotoxin.

Wiktionary

Of or relating to cytotoxicity.

Wiktionary

Cytotoxic Sentence Examples

  • Chemotherapy is the administration of drugs that kill cancer cells (cytotoxic drugs).

  • Overall, the COM concluded that the results from the in vitro chromosomal aberration assays were likely to represent a cytotoxic response.

  • Thus far, no additional systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy has been necessary.

  • The database is an annotated, searchable collection of HIV-1 cytotoxic and helper T-cell epitopes and antibody binding sites.

  • Nitrogen mustards are highly cytotoxic, but are not specific for cancerous tissue.

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Words Starting With

CCYCYT

Words Ending With

CICXIC

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Words Starting With C and Ending With C

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