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an•ti•mi•tot•ic
(an′tē mī tot′ik, -mi-, an′tī-),USA pronunciation [Biochem., Pharm.]
adj.
n.
adj.
- Drugs, Biochemistryof or pertaining to certain substances capable of arresting the process of cell division.
n.
- Drugs, Biochemistryany such substance, as certain drugs used to destroy cancer cells.
- anti- + mitotic 1965–70