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antitumor

a. inhibit the development of a tumor. n. Any substance that inhibits tumors.

WordNet
antitumor

adj. used in the treatment of cancer; "anticancer drug"; "an antineoplastic effect" [syn: anticancer, antineoplastic, antitumour]

Usage examples of "antitumor".

When the treatment for atherosclerosis made the osteoporosis worse, and the antitumor phages brought on Ménière’s syndrome or Alzheimer’s, Wrinide Rock was the place to be.

Teller had returned to his office the morning after the conversion of the MANN, had routinely checked his files for corruption, and had found only a small change in the spatial simulation of a particular isomer he'd been investigating for antitumor activity.