oncogene
English
/ˈɒŋkə(ʊ)dʒiːn/
noun
Definitions
- (oncology) Any gene that contributes to the conversion of a normal cell into a cancerous cell when mutated or expressed at high levels.
Etymology
Prefix from English gene.
Origin
English
gene
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antigene English
- antioncogene English
- aristogene English
- cisgene English
- cytogene English
- eigengene English
- electrogene English
- endogene English
- gene English
- genechip English
- geneflow English
- geneless English
- genelet English
- genelike English
- generich English
- geneset English
- genetic English
- genic English
- genism English
- genome English
- genometastasis English
- genomics English
- gerontogene English
- glycogene English
- immunogene English
- intergene English
- intragene English
- metagene English
- minigene English
- morphogene English
- multigene English
- oligogene English
- oncogenome English
- pharmacogene English
- polygene English
- proto-oncogene English
- protooncogene English
- proxygene English
- pseudogene English
- retrogene English
- selenogene English
- subgene English
- supergene English
- transgene English
- unigene English
- Gen German
- γενεά Ancient Greek
- géin Irish
- جين Arabic
- gene
- genic
- genism
- genome
- geneset
- subgene
- cisgene
- genelet
- unigene
- genetic
- geneflow
- geneless
- generich
- genomics
- genechip
- genelike
- cytogene
- minigene
- polygene
- endogene
- antigene
- metagene
- oligogene
- retrogene
- glycogene
- supergene
- eigengene
- multigene
- intragene
- proxygene
- transgene
- intergene
- oncogenome
- aristogene
- selenogene
- morphogene
- pseudogene
- immunogene
- electrogene
- gerontogene
- antioncogene
- pharmacogene
- protooncogene
- genometastasis
- proto-oncogene