oncogenic

English

Etymology

From onco- (“tumor”) +‎ -genic (“producing”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnɪk

Adjective

oncogenic (not comparable)

1. Causing the formation of tumors. [from 20th c.]

   oncogenic viruses

   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 554:

     From the late 1960s research into oncogenic viruses was particularly advanced by David Baltimore (b. 1938) and Howard Tenin (1934–94), who simultaneously published a report of the discovery of an enzyme reverse transcriptase.

2. Caused by tumors: tumor-induced.

   oncogenic osteomalacia

Synonyms

• oncogenous

Related terms

• oncogenetic
• oncogenics
• proto-oncogenic