mastoncus

M3A1S1T1O1N1C3U1S1

noun

breast cancer

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Meanings

nounmastoncus (uncountable)
  1. dateduncountablemedicinebreast cancer

    Characterization of NYD-SP8 (A) RT-PCR analysis of NYD-SP8 mRNA expression levels in malignant lymphoma (1); adenocarcinoma of kidney (2); colon cancer (3); mastoncus (4); lung cancer (5); oesophageal cancer (6); gastric carcinoma (7); negative control (8). β-actin was used as internal control.

    2008 November 6, Lan lan Yin et al., “A suppressor of multiple extracellular matrix-degrading proteases and cancer metastasis”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 13, →DOI

Origin

See masto- and onco-.

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APA

mastoncus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mastoncus

MLA

“mastoncus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mastoncus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mastoncus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mastoncus.

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