Usually means: Destroys cancer cells through infection.
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  1. oncolytic: Collins English Dictionary
  2. Oncolytic, oncolytic: Wordnik
  3. oncolytic: Wiktionary
  4. oncolytic: Dictionary.com
  5. Oncolytic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. oncolytic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  4. oncolytic: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  That breaks up cancer cells.
▸ noun:  Any drug or substance that breaks up cancer cells.

Similar:
tumoricidal, tumorolytic, cancericidal, cancerocidal, oncopromoting, oncostatic, oncoprotective, tumouricidal, oncogenic, tumorcidal, more...

Opposite:
non-oncolytic, anti-cancer, non-tumor killing

Phrases:
oncolytic viruses, Oncolytic virus, oncolytic virotherapy, more...

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Similar:
tumoricidal, tumorolytic, cancericidal, cancerocidal, oncopromoting, oncostatic, oncoprotective, tumouricidal, oncogenic, tumorcidal, more...

Opposite:
non-oncolytic, anti-cancer, non-tumor killing

Phrases:
oncolytic viruses, Oncolytic virus, oncolytic virotherapy, more...



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