Definition of Oncogenesis

1. Noun. (medicine) The formation and development of tumors ¹

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Definition of Oncogenesis

1. [n -GENESES]

Medical Definition of Oncogenesis

1. The causation or production of tumours. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oncogenesis

oncogen
oncogene
oncogene protein gp140(v-fms)
oncogene protein p21(ras)
oncogene protein p55(v-myc)
oncogene protein p65(gag-jun)
oncogene protein pp60(v-src)
oncogene proteins
oncogene proteins v-abl
oncogene proteins v-erba
oncogene proteins v-erbb
oncogene proteins v-fos
oncogene proteins v-mos
oncogenes
oncogeneses
oncogenesis (current term)
oncogenetic
oncogenic
oncogenic virus
oncogenic viruses
oncogenicities
oncogenicity
oncogenomics
oncogenous
oncogens
oncograph
oncographs
oncography
oncoides
oncolite

Literary usage of Oncogenesis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"He took the view that immunological surveillance delays oncogenesis, and that inherited resistance of some strains of mice to leukemogenic viruses is due to ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... of oncogenesis. The data do not support the suggestion that a deficiency of adenosylhomocysteinase may be characteristic of neoplastic tissue (19). ..."

3. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"... transcription, cell-cycle control, ribosome and peroxisome biogenesis, viral infection, apoptosis, development, and oncogenesis (21,27). ..."

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