oncogenic

adj — 2 senses

oncogenic

adj

/ˌɒŋkoʊˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/

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

1

Causing the formation of tumors.

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

2

Arising from or caused by a tumor: tumor-induced.

oncogenic osteomalacia

Derived terms: antioncogenic, multioncogenic, nononcogenic, oncogenicity, prooncogenic, protooncogenic
Related terms: oncogene, oncogenesis, oncogenetic, oncogenetics, oncogenics, oncogenome, oncogenomic, oncogenomics, oncologic, oncological, oncology, oncoprotein, oncoproteogenome, oncoproteogenomic, oncoproteogenomics, oncoproteome, oncoproteomic, oncoproteomics, proto-oncogene, proto-oncogenic

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