antiproliferative

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What does antiproliferative mean?

Tending to suppress cell growth, especially the growth of malignant cells into surrounding tissue

Where does antiproliferative come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English proliferate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English proliferative English antiproliferative From anti- + proliferative.

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