Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coley's toxin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: co-ley's -tox-in
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A family of anti-cancerous toxins containing heat-killed strep bacteria in combination with other live bacteria, used as an injection into tumours, that can reduce or eliminate the cancers.

noun

An oncotoxic concoction of that family.

Etymology

Named after the inventor, 19th-century bone cancer surgeon William Coley.

Inflected Forms

Coley's toxins (plural)

Questions

What does coley's toxin mean?: A family of anti-cancerous toxins containing heat-killed strep bacteria in combination with other live bacteria, used as an injection into tumours, that can reduce or eliminate the cancers.
Where does coley's toxin come from?: Named after the inventor, 19th-century bone cancer surgeon William Coley.

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