English Explanatory Dictionary

Coley's toxin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. An oncotoxic concoction of that family.

Word forms

Coley's toxin Coley's toxins

Etymology

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

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