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carcinolytic

carcinolytic adjective: destructive to cancer cells.

Adjective

carcinolytic (comparative more carcinolytic, superlative most carcinolytic)

  1. destructive to cancer cells

Forms of carcinolytic

comparativemore carcinolytic
superlativemost carcinolytic

Origin of carcinolytic

From carcino- + -lytic.

Questions about carcinolytic

What does carcinolytic mean?
Carcinolytic means destructive to cancer cells.
What part of speech is carcinolytic?
Carcinolytic is an adjective.

Words near carcinolytic in the dictionary

  1. carcinological
  2. carcinologist
  3. carcinologists
  4. carcinology
  5. carcinolysis
  6. carcinolytic
  7. carcinoma
  8. carcinomagenesis
  9. carcinomal
  10. carcinomas
  11. carcinomata

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