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onconeural

onconeural adjective: relating to cancer and to the neural system.

Adjective

onconeural (not comparable)

  1. Relating to cancer and to the neural system.
    • It is possible that this facilitates presentation of Hu onconeural antigens to the immune system and development of an anti-Hu immune response.1998, David P. Richman, Myasthenia Gravis and Related Diseases
    • As we did not test for onconeural antibodies we cannot rule out paraneoplastic encephalitis which has also been reported in patients with prostate cancer [ 5 ].2015 July 26, David Carl et al., “Steroid responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis following ipilimumab therapy: a case report”, in BMC Research Notes, volume 8, →DOI

Origin of onconeural

From onco- + neural.

Questions about onconeural

What does onconeural mean?
Onconeural means relating to cancer and to the neural system.
What part of speech is onconeural?
Onconeural is an adjective.

Words near onconeural in the dictionary

  1. oncomodulin
  2. oncomouse
  3. oncomutation
  4. oncomutations
  5. onconase
  6. onconeural
  7. onconeuronal
  8. oncopathogen
  9. oncopathogens
  10. oncopathology
  11. oncopeptide

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