tumoricidaladj.

Brit.

/ˌtjuːmərᵻˈsʌɪdl/, U.S.

/ˌt(j)umərəˈsaɪd(ə)l/

Forms: 1900s– tumoricidal, 1900s– tumouricidal.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: tumour n., -icidal suffix.

Etymology: < tumour n. + -icidal suffix, after German tumorizid (1938 or earlier).

Medicine.

Esp. of a drug or treatment: that kills tumours or tumour cells. Also: designating the action of killing tumours or cells in this way; of or relating to this action.

ΚΠ

1938 Year Bk. Radiol. ii. 459 Assuming that the favorable results of fractional irradiation are due to reactivation of natural defense forces, i.e., to increased immunization by tumoricidal fluids circulating in the blood, Regelsberger injected patients in whom radiotherapy was successful with 3–5 cm. autogenous serum.

1989 Times 3 Jan. 10/1 Two new approaches..that could alleviate the harmful side-effects of cancer therapy without interfering with the tumouricidal results of the treatment.

1996 S. N. Kaplan & H. Maccabee in S. A. Berger et al. Introd. Bioengin. xiii. 481/2 The development of beams of heavy charged particles (protons, helium ions, neon ions, etc.) enables tumoricidal doses to be delivered to targets adjacent to very sensitive normal organs (the eye, spinal cord, etc.).

2005 P. M. Black & J. S. Loeffler Cancer Nerv. Syst. (ed. 2) xxxvii. 511/1 Reovirus, a common virus that causes mild upper respiratory tract infections in healthy individuals, appears to be tumoricidal in glioma models in vivo.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tumoricidal
释义	tumoricidaladj. Brit. /ˌtjuːmərᵻˈsʌɪdl/, U.S. /ˌt(j)umərəˈsaɪd(ə)l/ Forms: 1900s– tumoricidal, 1900s– tumouricidal. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: tumour n., -icidal suffix. Etymology: < tumour n. + -icidal suffix, after German tumorizid (1938 or earlier). Medicine. Esp. of a drug or treatment: that kills tumours or tumour cells. Also: designating the action of killing tumours or cells in this way; of or relating to this action. ΚΠ 1938 Year Bk. Radiol. ii. 459 Assuming that the favorable results of fractional irradiation are due to reactivation of natural defense forces, i.e., to increased immunization by tumoricidal fluids circulating in the blood, Regelsberger injected patients in whom radiotherapy was successful with 3–5 cm. autogenous serum. 1989 Times 3 Jan. 10/1 Two new approaches..that could alleviate the harmful side-effects of cancer therapy without interfering with the tumouricidal results of the treatment. 1996 S. N. Kaplan & H. Maccabee in S. A. Berger et al. Introd. Bioengin. xiii. 481/2 The development of beams of heavy charged particles (protons, helium ions, neon ions, etc.) enables tumoricidal doses to be delivered to targets adjacent to very sensitive normal organs (the eye, spinal cord, etc.). 2005 P. M. Black & J. S. Loeffler Cancer Nerv. Syst. (ed. 2) xxxvii. 511/1 Reovirus, a common virus that causes mild upper respiratory tract infections in healthy individuals, appears to be tumoricidal in glioma models in vivo. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1938
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