antimitotic

antimitotic
/an'tee muy tot"ik, -mi-, an'tuy-/, Biochem., Pharm.
adj.
1. of or pertaining to certain substances capable of arresting the process of cell division.
n.
2. any such substance, as certain drugs used to destroy cancer cells.
[1965-70; ANTI- + MITOTIC]

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