Skip to content

Cancer Terminology

  • About
  • Terminology
  • Genetic Terminology
  • Drug Terminology
Cancer Terminology

Single Biggest Cancer Dictionary in the World

What is

acetylation

?

Press
Pronunciation: /acetylation*/

acetylation

Definition

A chemical reaction in which a small molecule called an acetyl group is added to other molecules. Acetylation of proteins may affect how they act in the body.

Explore Cancer Terminology

Find more

case-control study

post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder

Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines

PARN gene

orphan drug designation

vaccinated

second primary cancer

Cushing syndrome

Explore Cancer Drug Terminology

find more

Candida albicans skin test reagent

indium In 111-DOTA-h11B6

pramipexole dihydrochloride

RNA transcription modulator AU-409

carboplatin/etoposide/melphalan regimen

anti-EGFR/CD28 bispecific antibody REGN7075

autologous anti-CD7-CAR-CD28zeta T cells

antibody-drug conjugate ABBV-176

Explore Genetic Cancer Terminology

find more

unaffected individual

aneuploidy

variant

informative

ER-negative PR-negative HER2/neu-negative breast cancer

sensitivity

antioncogene

positive predictive value

  • About
  • Terminology
  • Genetic Terminology
  • Drug Terminology

© 2025 Cancer Terminology

  • About
  • Terminology
  • Genetic Terminology
  • Drug Terminology