Meanings
- not comparableCausing the formation of tumors.First known use 20th c.
oncogenic viruses
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From the late 1960s research into oncogenic viruses was particularly advanced by David Baltimore (b. 1938) and Howard Tenin (1934–94), who simultaneously published a report of the discovery of an enzyme reverse transcriptase.
1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 554Synonyms: oncogenous
- not comparableArising from or caused by a tumor: tumor-induced.
oncogenic osteomalacia
Synonyms: oncogenous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCausing the formation of tumors.
adjectiveArising from or caused by a tumor: tumor-induced.
Origin
From onco- (“tumor”) + -genic (“producing”).
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