Protumorigenic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Promoting tumorigenesis.

    "Conflicting data has shown antitumorigenic or protumorigenic functions on macrophages in particular, however our data indicates macrophages play a protumorigenic role in GC patients."

Example

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"Conflicting data has shown antitumorigenic or protumorigenic functions on macrophages in particular, however our data indicates macrophages play a protumorigenic role in GC patients."

Etymology

From pro- + tumorigenic.

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