cytotoxic

English

Etymology

From cyto- +‎ toxic.

Adjective

cytotoxic (comparative more cytotoxic, superlative most cytotoxic)

1. Of, relating to, or being a cytotoxin.
2. Of or relating to cytotoxicity.
   • 2015 June 18, Mahdokht Jouiaei et al., “Ancient Venom Systems: A Review on Cnidaria Toxins”, in Toxins‎^[1], volume 7, →DOI:

     A recent study focused on the enzymatic and cytotoxic functions of jellyfish metalloproteases and identified diverse proteolytic effects including gelatinolytic, caseinolytic, and fibrinolytic activities.

Antonyms

• noncytotoxic

Derived terms

• anticytotoxic
• autocytotoxic
• cardiocytotoxic
• cytotoxically
• cytotoxicant
• cytotoxicity
• cytotoxic reaction
• cytotoxic T cell
• exocytotoxic
• hepatocytotoxic
• hypercytotoxic
• hypocytotoxic
• immunocytotoxic
• lymphocytotoxic
• melanocytotoxic
• microcytotoxic
• myocytotoxic
• nanocytotoxic
• neurocytotoxic
• noncytotoxic
• photocytotoxic
• precytotoxic
• subcytotoxic

Translations

Of or relating to cytotoxicity

• French: cytotoxique (fr)
• Hungarian: citotoxikus
• Italian: citotossico (it)
• Portuguese: citotóxico (pt)
• Russian: цитотокси́ческий (ru) m (citotoksíčeskij)
• Spanish: citotóxico (es)

Noun

cytotoxic (plural cytotoxics)

1. Any cytotoxic substance; a cytotoxin.
   • 2015 August 27, “A Novel Isoquinoline Derivative Anticancer Agent and Its Targeted Delivery to Tumor Cells Using Transferrin-Conjugated Liposomes”, in PLOS ONE‎^[2], →DOI:

     Current chemotherapies for cancer are mostly cytotoxics with serious side effects and high incidence of drug resistance.