"cytostatic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more cytostatic [comparative], most cytostatic [superlative]
Etymology: From cyto- + -static. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cyto-|-static}} cyto- + -static Head templates: {{en-adj}} cytostatic (comparative more cytostatic, superlative most cytostatic)
  1. Tending to inhibit the growth and multiplication of cells. Derived forms: cytostatically Related terms: bacteriostatic, cytostasis, cytotoxic, virostatic Translations (tending to inhibit cell growth and multiplication): citostàtic (Catalan), cytostatický (Czech), sytostaattinen (Finnish), zytostatisch (German), κυτταροστατικός (kyttarostatikós) (Greek), citosztatikus (Hungarian), citostatico (Italian), 세포 증식 억제성 (sepo jeungsik eokjeseong) (Korean), citostático (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cytostatic-en-adj-GcHmvwI0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with cyto-, English terms suffixed with -static Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cyto-: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -static: 47 53

Noun

Forms: cytostatics [plural]
Etymology: From cyto- + -static. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cyto-|-static}} cyto- + -static Head templates: {{en-noun}} cytostatic (plural cytostatics)
  1. Any substance which inhibits cell growth and multiplication. Translations (substance): cytostatikum [neuter] (Czech), citosztatikum (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-cytostatic-en-noun-zJVeeHmT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with cyto-, English terms suffixed with -static Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cyto-: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -static: 47 53

Inflected forms

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