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Coley's toxin

Coley's toxin noun: a family of anti-cancerous toxins containing heat-killed strep bacteria in combination with other live bacteria, used as an injection into tumours, that can reduce or eliminate the cancers.

Noun

Coley's toxin (plural Coley's toxins)

  1. A family of anti-cancerous toxins containing heat-killed strep bacteria in combination with other live bacteria, used as an injection into tumours, that can reduce or eliminate the cancers.
  2. An oncotoxic concoction of that family.

Forms of Coley's toxin

pluralColey's toxins

Origin of Coley's toxin

Named after the inventor, 19th-century bone cancer surgeon William Coley.

Questions about Coley's toxin

What does Coley's toxin mean?
Coley's toxin means a family of anti-cancerous toxins containing heat-killed strep bacteria in combination with other live bacteria, used as an injection into tumours, that can reduce or eliminate the cancers.
What part of speech is Coley's toxin?
Coley's toxin is a noun.
What is the plural of Coley's toxin?
The plural of Coley's toxin is Coley's toxins.

Words near Coley's toxin in the dictionary

  1. colexify
  2. colexifying
  3. colextran
  4. coley
  5. Coley Park
  6. Coley's toxin
  7. coleys
  8. Colfax
  9. Colfax County
  10. Colfeian
  11. Colfeians

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