chemosensitize

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

chemo- +‎ sensitize

Verb[edit]

chemosensitize (third-person singular simple present chemosensitizes, present participle chemosensitizing, simple past and past participle chemosensitized)

  1. To sensitize chemically
    • 2015 August 6, Tracey R. O’Donovan et al., “Lithium Modulates Autophagy in Esophageal and Colorectal Cancer Cells and Enhances the Efficacy of Therapeutic Agents In Vitro and In Vivo”, in PLoS ONE[1], volume 10, →DOI:
      An mTOR inhibitor could not chemosensitize apoptosis incompetent esophageal cancer cells, whereas lithium could.

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