Cell or Molecular Dysfunction
cytotoxicity
[ sahy-toh-tok-sis-i-tee ]
Definitions related to cytotoxicity:
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Relating to or producing a toxic effect on cells.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The adverse effect of some iatrogenic therapies. It is an accepted side effect in radiation therapy where the desired effect is to kill rapidly growing tumor cells. In the killing of tumor cells, other cells that are rapidly growing e.g hair, mucous membranes are also killed.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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