noun
- drugs or substances that prevent or inhibit cell division by interfering with mitosis
Usage: medical; pharmacology
Examples
- Antimitotics are commonly used in cancer chemotherapy to stop tumor growth.
- The researcher studied how antimitotics affect rapidly dividing cells.
- Doctors prescribe antimitotics to prevent cancer cells from multiplying.
- Some antimitotics work by disrupting the formation of spindle fibers.
- The patient experienced side effects from the antimitotics treatment.
- Laboratory tests showed that antimitotics successfully halted cell division.