See Also: oncotic(medicine)
oncotic(dictionary)
oncotic pressure(medicine)

oncotic (iou)



oncotic adjective. M20.
[from ONCO- + -OTIC.]
Medicine & Physiology. Of or pertaining to a swelling, as an oedema, a tumour, etc. Orig. & chiefly in oncotic pressure, osmotic pressure exerted by a colloid, esp. plasma protein.