Usually means: Inhibits or slows cancer cell growth.
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  1. carcinostatic: Wiktionary
  2. carcinostatic: Dictionary.com
  3. carcinostatic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. carcinostatic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. carcinostatic: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  4. carcinostatic: Medical dictionary
  5. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (carcinostatic)

adjective:  (medicine) That stops, or slows, the growth of a cancer
noun:  (medicine) Any drug or other agent that has this effect

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