| oncogenic | Causing, inducing, or being suitable for the formation and development of a neoplasm. Synonym: oncogenic. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| oncogenic virus | <oncology, virology> A virus capable of causing cancer in animals or in humans. These include DNA viruses, ranging in size from Papova viruses to Herpes viruses and the RNA containing retroviruses. See: Oncovirinae. (18 Nov 1997) |
| oncogenic viruses | Viruses that produce tumours. (12 Dec 1998) |
| retroviridae proteins, oncogenic | Retroviral proteins that have the ability to transform cells. They can induce sarcomas, leukaemias, lymphomas, and mammary carcinomas. Not all retroviral proteins are oncogenic. (12 Dec 1998) |
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