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Antimitotic agent

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-000632

A type of drug that blocks cell growth by stopping mitosis (cell division). They are used to treat cancer. Also called mitotic inhibitor.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-000632
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsmitotic inhibitor
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-000632",
  "term": "Antimitotic agent",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A type of drug that blocks cell growth by stopping mitosis (cell division). They are used to treat cancer. Also called mitotic inhibitor.",
  "synonyms": [
    "mitotic inhibitor"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/antimitotic-agent/"
}

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