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antimitotic

[ an-tee-mahy-tot-ik, -mi-, an-tahy- ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to certain substances capable of arresting the process of cell division.


noun

  1. any such substance, as certain drugs used to destroy cancer cells.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of antimitotic1

First recorded in 1965–70; anti- + mitotic ( def )

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