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mitogenic

mitogenic adjective: of or relating to a mitogen.

Adjective

mitogenic (comparative more mitogenic, superlative most mitogenic)

  1. Of or relating to a mitogen.
  2. Causing mitosis.
    • Cell-mediated immunity is impaired after burn injury, including documented delays in allograft rejection, impairment in mitogenic and anogenic responsiveness of lymphocytes, burn-size-related suppression of graftversus-host activity, suppression of delayed cutaneous sensitivity tests, and...1999, Seymour L. Schwartz, “Burns” (chapter 7), in Principles of Surgery, 7th edition, McGraw Hill, page 234

Forms of mitogenic

comparativemore mitogenic
superlativemost mitogenic

Origin of mitogenic

From mitogen + -ic or mito- + -genic.

Words formed from mitogenic

Questions about mitogenic

What does mitogenic mean?
Mitogenic means of or relating to a mitogen.
What part of speech is mitogenic?
Mitogenic is an adjective.

Words near mitogenic in the dictionary

  1. mitogeneses
  2. mitogenesis
  3. mitogenetic
  4. mitogenetic ray
  5. mitogenetic rays
  6. mitogenic
  7. mitogenically
  8. mitogenicities
  9. mitogenicity
  10. mitogenome
  11. mitogenomes

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