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Where does “anticytotoxic” come from?

anticytotoxic (English) comes from English cytotoxic, from English toxic, from French toxique, from Latin toxicus, from Latin toxicum, from Ancient Greek τοξικόν, from Ancient Greek τοξικός, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

anticytotoxic (English): Acting against cytotoxic effects

Definitions

  1. Acting against cytotoxic effects

Ancestry of “anticytotoxic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcytotoxicOf, relating to, or being a cytotoxin; Of or...
2EnglishtoxicHaving a chemical nature that is harmful to...
3Frenchtoxiquetoxic
4Latintoxicustoxic; poisonous
5Latintoxicuma poison used on the tips of arrows; any poison
6Ancient Greekτοξικόνinflection of τοξικός : ## neuter...
7Ancient Greekτοξικόςof or for the bow; skilled in the use of the bow;...
8Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
9Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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