mitoclasic

adjective

mito·​cla·​sic

variants or mitoclastic

-¦klastik

: interrupting the normal course of mitosis

mitoclasic chemicals

Word History

Etymology

mitoclasic from French mitoclasique, from mito- mit- + -clasique (from Greek klasis act of breaking + French -ique -ic); mitoclastic, probably modification (influenced by English -clastic) of French mitoclasique

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