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Definition: Cytotoxic |
CytotoxicAdjective1. Of or relating to substances that are toxic to cells. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Cell-killing. (references) |
Medicine | Causing cell death ; a chemical compound, drug, pollutant or radioactive material that damages the cells of living organisms. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Once bound to an antigen, TC cells release the protein perforin, which forms pores in the target cell's plasma membrane; this causes ions and water to flow into the target cell, making it expand and eventually lyse.
Most TC cells have present on the cell surface the protein CD8, which is attracted to portions of the Class I MHC molecule. This affinity keeps the TC cell and the target cell bound closely together during antigen-specific activation. TC cells with CD8 surface protein are called CD8+ T cells.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cytotoxic T cell."
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Treatment may include cortisone or cytotoxic drugs. (references) | |
With the cooperation of a helper T cell, the cytotoxic T cell matures. (references) | ||
After reducing protein in the urine with prednisone, the doctor may prescribe the cytotoxic agent for a while. (references) | ||
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| "Cytotoxic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cytotoxic" is used about 31 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 31 | 62,296 |
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Expressions using "cytotoxic": cytotoxic chemotherapy ♦ cytotoxic drug ♦ cytotoxic effect ♦ cytotoxic T cell ♦ cytotoxic T cells ♦ cytotoxic T lymphocyte. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "cytotoxic": non-cytotoxic, T-cytotoxic. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cytotoxic | 22 |
agent cytotoxic | 5 |
cytotoxic drug | 4 |
chemotherapy cytotoxic | 3 |
cytotoxic substance | 3 |
cytotoxic definition | 2 |
cytotoxic t cell | 2 |
cytotoxic drug stability | 2 |
cytotoxic response | 2 |
agent cytotoxic handling | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "cytotoxic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 细胞' . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | cytotoksisk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | cytotoxisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sytotoksinen, soluja tuhoava, soluille myrkyllinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cytotoxique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zytotoxisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυτταροτοξικός,κυτοτοξικός, κυτταροτοξικό /ός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | citotossico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ytotoxiccay citotóxico, citotóxico. (various references) citotóxico. (various references) cytotoxisk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cytotoxic": cytotoxicities, cytotoxicity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-i-o-o-t-t-x-y" | |
-1 letter: oxytocic. | |
-3 letters: tictoc. | |
-4 letters: toxic. | |
-5 letters: city, coco, coot, otic, otto, toit, toot, toyo. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-i-o-o-t-t-x-y" | |
+1 letter: exocytotic. | |
+3 letters: cytotoxicity. | |
+4 letters: cytotaxonomic. | |
+5 letters: cytotoxicities. | |
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