cytotherapy

English

Etymology

cyto- +‎ therapy

Noun

cytotherapy (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) The introduction of new cells into a tissue in order to treat a disease.
    • 2007 July 23, Claudia La Rocco, “A Maestro Conducting With Heart ... a New One”, in New York Times‎:
      Mr. Bass is scheduled for a stem-cell transplant and chemotherapy treatment next month as part of a clinical trial at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center . Dr. Raymond L. Comenzo, the director of the hospital’s cytotherapy laboratory, is one of about 20 doctors in the United States on the cutting edge of amyloidosis research.

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