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oncolytic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables
on-colyt-ic
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That breaks up cancer cells.

noun

Any drug or substance that breaks up cancer cells.

Etymology

From onco- + -lytic.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more oncolytic (comparative) most oncolytic (superlative) oncolytics (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

oncolysis

Questions

What does oncolytic mean?
That breaks up cancer cells.
Where does oncolytic come from?
From onco- + -lytic.

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