ANTITUMOR

anticancer, antineoplastic, antitumor, antitumour

(adjective) used in the treatment of cancer; “anticancer drug”; “an antineoplastic effect”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

antitumor (comparative more antitumor, superlative most antitumor)

(oncology) Inhibiting the development of a tumor.

Synonyms

• antineoplastic

Noun

antitumor (plural antitumors)

Any substance that inhibits tumors.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

29 June 2025

ADMIRABLE

(adjective) deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; “an estimable young professor”; “trains ran with admirable precision”; “his taste was impeccable, his health admirable”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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