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noun
A family of anti-cancerous toxins containing heat-killed strep bacteria in combination with other live bacteria, used as an injection into tumours, that can reduce or eliminate the cancers.
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noun
An oncotoxic concoction of that family.
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History
Named after the inventor, 19th-century bone cancer surgeon William Coley.
