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protumorigenic

protumorigenic adjective: promoting tumorigenesis.

Adjective

protumorigenic (comparative more protumorigenic, superlative most protumorigenic)

  1. Promoting tumorigenesis.
    • Conflicting data has shown antitumorigenic or protumorigenic functions on macrophages in particular, however our data indicates macrophages play a protumorigenic role in GC patients.2015 July 31, “Macrophage Infiltration Induces Gastric Cancer Invasiveness by Activating the β-Catenin Pathway”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of protumorigenic

comparativemore protumorigenic
superlativemost protumorigenic

Origin of protumorigenic

From pro- + tumorigenic.

Questions about protumorigenic

What does protumorigenic mean?
Protumorigenic means promoting tumorigenesis.
What part of speech is protumorigenic?
Protumorigenic is an adjective.

Words near protumorigenic in the dictionary

  1. protuberosity
  2. protuberous
  3. protumor
  4. protumoral
  5. protumorgenic
  6. protumorigenic
  7. protumour
  8. protumourigenic
  9. protungulate
  10. proturan
  11. proturans

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