antimitotic

an·ti·mi·tot·ic

[an-tee-mahy-tot-ik, -mi-, an-tahy-] Biochemistry, Pharmacology.
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to certain substances capable of arresting the process of cell division.
noun
2.
any such substance, as certain drugs used to destroy cancer cells.

Origin:
1965–70; anti- + mitotic

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