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Where does “cytoreductive” come from?

cytoreductive (English) comes from English reductive, from Middle French réductif, from Late Latin reductivus, from Latin redūcere.

cytoreductive (English): Of, pertaining to, or leading to cytoreduction

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or leading to cytoreduction

Ancestry of “cytoreductive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishreductivePertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.;...
2Middle Frenchréductif—
3Late Latinreductivus—
4Latinredūcere—
Every word from Latin redūcere →