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carcinostatic

carcinostatic adjective: that stops, or slows, the growth of a cancer.

Adjective

carcinostatic (comparative more carcinostatic, superlative most carcinostatic)

  1. That stops, or slows, the growth of a cancer

Noun

carcinostatic (plural carcinostatics)

  1. Any drug or other agent that has this effect

Forms of carcinostatic

Adjective
comparativemore carcinostatic
superlativemost carcinostatic
Noun
pluralcarcinostatics

Origin of carcinostatic

From carcino- + -static.

Questions about carcinostatic

What does carcinostatic mean?
Carcinostatic means that stops, or slows, the growth of a cancer.
What part of speech is carcinostatic?
Carcinostatic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near carcinostatic in the dictionary

  1. carcinosis
  2. carcinosomatid
  3. carcinosomatids
  4. carcinosomatoid
  5. carcinosomatoids
  6. carcinostatic
  7. carcinostatics
  8. carcinous
  9. carcinovirus
  10. carcinoviruses
  11. Carclew

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