Etymology

oncostatin

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Today it means: Any of a group of pleitropic cytokines. Full definition →

English statin ← New Latin onco- ← Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekὄγκος (ónkos)
  2. New Latinonco-
  3. Englishonco-
  4. Englishstatin
  5. English todayoncostatin

From onco- + statin.

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