单词 | oncogenic |
释义 | oncogenicadj. Biology. Causing or initiating the development of a tumour or tumours; of or relating to oncogenesis. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > substance > process stimulators or inhibitors > other stimulators or inhibitors > [adjective] > properties of organ-specific1932 oncogenic1941 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [adjective] > tumour > causing oncogenic1941 tumour-inducing1942 tumorigenic1948 1941 Science 21 Nov. 496/1 The tar we employed sometimes elicits papillomas after a few weeks, being stimulative as well as oncogenic, but cancer is a very late and rare occurrence. 1959 Jrnl. Nat. Cancer Inst. (U.S.) 23 277 (heading) The oncogenic spectrum of two ‘pure’ strains of avian leukosis. 1970 New Scientist 3 Sept. 464/2 The discovery, and confirmation, of an enzyme carried by oncogenic RNA viruses. 1989 B. Alberts et al. Molecular Biol. Cell (ed. 2) xxi. 1207 Retroviruses can also exert similar oncogenic effects in another way. 1996 P. H. Duesberg Inventing AIDS Virus iv. 119 Even the very few oncogenic retroviruses—those endowed with cancer genes—hardly play a role as carcinogens for two reasons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1941 |
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