cytoreduce

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verb

To subject to cytoreduction.

OriginEnglish reduce ← Middle English reducen ← Old French reduire →
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Meanings

verbcytoreduce (third-person singular simple present cytoreduces, present participle cytoreducing, simple past and past participle cytoreduced)

present singular third person cytoreduces · participle present cytoreducing · participle past cytoreduced · past cytoreduced

  1. To subject to cytoreduction.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
debulk

Origin

  1. Englishcyto-
  2. Old Frenchreduire
  3. Middle Englishreducen
  4. Englishreduce
  5. Englishcytoreduce

From cyto- + reduce.

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APA

cytoreduce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cytoreduce

MLA

“cytoreduce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cytoreduce. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cytoreduce,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cytoreduce.

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