leukotoxicity

English

Alternative forms

• leucotoxicity

Etymology

From leuko- +‎ toxicity.

Noun

leukotoxicity (uncountable)

1. (immunology) The quality of being leukotoxic.
   • 1916, The American illustrated medical dictionary‎^[1], page 557:

     leukotoxicity (lu''ko-tok-sis'it-e). Toxicity to leukocytes.

   • 1959, The journal of immunology, volume 83, number 1, page 83:

     Finally, Bernheimer et al. have shown a striking correlation between the leukotoxicity of certain strains of streptococci and ability of the same strains to produce DPNase.

   • 1972, Infection and immunity, volume 6, number 2, page 462:

     The purpose of the present investigation was to clarify the apparent discrepancy in the literature concerning the leukotoxicity of various streptolysin S preparations, and to study the effect of sublethal doses of streptolysin S on phagocytosis of streptococci by mouse peritoneal macrophages.

   • 2016, Alyson J. McGregor, Sex and Gender in Acute Care Medicine‎^[2], page 70:

     When female lung cancer patients were treated with combinations of cyclophosphamide, vincristine, cisplatin, doxorubicin, and etoposide, they had more severe leukotoxicity when compared to males.