antimetastatic

adjective

an·​ti·​met·​a·​stat·​ic

ˌan-tē-ˌme-tə-ˈsta-tik,

ˌan-tī- 

variants or anti-metastatic

medical

: inhibiting metastasis

antimetastatic activity

antimetastatic drugs

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

antimetastatic

adjective

an·​ti·​met·​a·​stat·​ic -ˌmet-ə-ˈstat-ik 

variants or anti-metastatic

: 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