Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oncotarget

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: on-co-tar-get
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The target of a cancer therapy

Example Sentences

"Many researches confirm STAT3 as a causal role in oncogenesis, and provide validation of STAT3 as an oncotarget for cancer drug discovery [ 18 ]."

Etymology

From onco- + target.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: onco

Inflected Forms

oncotargets (plural)

Questions

What does oncotarget mean?: The target of a cancer therapy
Where does oncotarget come from?: From onco- + target.

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