ANTIMITOTIC Definition & Meaning

antimitotic

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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

noun

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

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of antimitotic¹

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

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This mechanistic insight may be used to improve selection of future antimitotic drugs and to identify a biomarker with which to select patients likely to benefit from paclitaxel.

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Indeed, a study examining the fate of daughter cells derived from the same mother cell after antimitotic drug exposure found that the fates of the sister cells seemed to be independent of each other.

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