tumorigenicadj.
/tjuːmərɪˈdʒɛnɪk/ Medicine.
Capable of causing tumours.
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oncogenic1941
tumour-inducing1942
tumorigenic1948
1948 Cancer Res. 8 410/1 It is thought that they [sc. these observations] afford an example of the tumorigenic action of..follicle-stimulating hormone.
1965 Diss. Abstr. XXVI. 1300/2 (heading) The salivary gland chromosomes of a tumorgenic strain of Drosophila melanogaster.
1971 New Scientist 24 June 732/2 Tumourgenic hybrids had 80 chromosomes instead of the expected 116.
1979 Nature 11 Oct. 486/1 The significance of EBV [sc. a virus] as a tumorigenic agent in humans could be finally established if it were possible to prevent tumours by vaccination.
1980 Nature 21 Feb. 777/1 The present experiments show that human diploid cells can be transformed in vitro into tumorogenic cells by X-ray-irradiation.
Derivatives
ˈtumorigen n. (and variants.) a tumorigenic agent.
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tumorigen1952
oncogen1967
1952 J. E. Gregory Pathogenesis of Cancer (ed. 2) xii. 147 These elements [sc. coal tar, etc.] are called carcinogens. We now know that if the virus was present cancer would develop, but if it was not present only benign tumors and hyperplasia would develop as a result of the irritation. This latter fact makes it appear that a better name for these substances might have been tumorgens, instead of carcinogens.
1978 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 11 Mar. 649/2 It would be a disservice to the public to allow marketing of a compound which is a demonstrated tumorigen.
tumoriˈgenesis n. the production or formation of a tumour.
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oncogenesis1932
tumorigenesis1948
1948 Cancer Res. 8 397 (heading) Hormonal imbalances in tumorigenesis.
1971 Nature 17 Sept. 195/1 Irradiated hamster foetal cells protect male hamsters against SV40 tumorigenesis.
ˌtumorigeˈnicity n. tumorigenic property.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > tumour > production of > property of producing
oncogenicity1944
tumorigenicity1967
1967 New Scientist 25 May 478/2 More than 50 per cent of the tumorigenicity of 24-hour condensate..was due to stable, non-volatile carcinogens.
1970 McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. & Technol. 217/2 Other studies have shown..the dominance of tumorogenicity, and the characteristics of polyoma transformation in hybrids between transformed and nontransformed cells.
1980 European Jrnl. Cell Biol. 22 491 The tumorgenicities of RBCF-1 cells.
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