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antimetastatic
adjective
an·ti·met·a·stat·ic
| \ ˌan-tē-ˌme-tə-ˈsta-tik
, ˌan-tī-\
, ˌan-tī-\
variants:
or anti-metastatic
Definition of antimetastatic
medical
: inhibiting metastasis
antimetastatic activity antimetastatic drugs
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antimetastatic
adjective
an·ti·met·a·stat·ic
| \ -ˌmet-ə-ˈstat-ik
\
\
variants:
or anti-metastatic
Medical Definition of antimetastatic
: inhibiting metastasis
antimetastatic activity Cancer treatment may need to combine multiple antimetastatic drugs with cytotoxic chemotherapy.— Anne C. Chiang and Joan Massagué, The New England Journal of Medicine, 25 Dec. 2008
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