Definition of "oncogenic" []

• Tending to cause or give rise to tumors: an oncogenic virus. (adjective)

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• "However, these discoveries were soon forgotten and only after a long eclipse was interest in oncogenic viruses revived in the fifties."
• "Proteins that when expressed out of context cause a cell to become cancerous are known as oncogenic proteins."
• "Apart from monoclonal antibodies, small molecule therapeutics such as oncogenic protein kinase inhibitors are attracting a vast amount of investigational attention."