leukotoxicity

English

Etymology

leuko- +‎ toxicity

Noun

leukotoxicity (uncountable)

  1. (immunology) The quality of being leukotoxic.
    • 1916, The American illustrated medical dictionary‎, page 557:
      leukotoxicity (lu''ko-tok-sis'it-e). Toxicity to leukocytes.
    • 1959, The journal of immunology, volume 83, number 1, page 83:
      Finally, Bernheimer et al. have shown a striking correlation between the leukotoxicity of certain strains of streptococci and ability of the same strains to produce DPNase.
    • 1972, Infection and immunity, volume 6, number 2, page 462:
      The purpose of the present investigation was to clarify the apparent discrepancy in the literature concerning the leukotoxicity of various streptolysin S preparations, and to study the effect of sublethal doses of streptolysin S on phagocytosis of streptococci by mouse peritoneal macrophages.
    • 2016, Alyson J. McGregor, Sex and Gender in Acute Care Medicine‎, page 70:
      When female lung cancer patients were treated with combinations of cyclophosphamide, vincristine, cisplatin, doxorubicin, and etoposide, they had more severe leukotoxicity when compared to males.
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