cancericidaladj.
/ˌkansərᵻˈsʌɪdl/, U.S. /ˌkænsəriˈsaɪd(ə)l/ Medicine.
= cancerocidal adj.
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cancerocidal1932
cancericidal1934
1934 Lancet 7 July 2/1 The total cutaneous dose has necessarily had to be much higher than the cancericidal dose.
1958 Nevada State Jrnl. 23 Aug. 6/2 [Chlorpactin] XCB has been shown to possess a definite cancericidal action (destruction of cancer cells).
1973 Gynecol. Oncol. 1 363 These [cell] aggregates are subjected to various cancericidal influences such as radiation therapy and various chemotherapeutic agents.
2001 N. N. Korpan Basics Cryosurg. viii. 93/1 The difficulty in freezing large and bulky cancers is to obtain cancericidal temperatures in the entire tumoral mass.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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