cytostatic

English

Etymology

From cyto- +‎ -static.

Adjective

cytostatic (comparative more cytostatic, superlative most cytostatic)

1. Tending to inhibit the growth and multiplication of cells.

Derived terms

• cytostatically

Related terms

• bacteriostatic
• cytostasis
• cytotoxic
• virostatic

 

Translations

tending to inhibit cell growth and multiplication

• Catalan: citostàtic (ca)
• Czech: cytostatický
• Finnish: sytostaattinen
• German: zytostatisch (de)
• Greek: κυτταροστατικός (el) (kyttarostatikós)
• Hungarian: citosztatikus
• Italian: citostatico (it)
• Korean: 세포 증식 억제성 (sepo jeungsik eokjeseong)
• Spanish: citostático

Noun

cytostatic (plural cytostatics)

1. Any substance which inhibits cell growth and multiplication.

Translations

substance

• Czech: cytostatikum n
• Hungarian: citosztatikum