ANTIMITOTIC


Meaning of ANTIMITOTIC in English

/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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .