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cytopathic

cytopathic adjective: that damages or destroys cells.

Adjective

cytopathic (not comparable)

  1. That damages or destroys cells

Origin of cytopathic

From cyto- + -pathic.

Words formed from cytopathic

Questions about cytopathic

What does cytopathic mean?
Cytopathic means that damages or destroys cells.
What part of speech is cytopathic?
Cytopathic is an adjective.

Words near cytopathic in the dictionary

  1. cytonucleoplasmic
  2. cytoophidia
  3. cytoophidium
  4. cytopaenia
  5. cytopaenias
  6. cytopathic
  7. cytopathically
  8. cytopathicity
  9. cytopathies
  10. cytopathogenesis
  11. cytopathogenic

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