Meanings
adjectiveantitumour (not comparable)
- alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of antitumor.
For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp.
2016 January 21, “Choose Your Weaponry: Selective Storage of a Single Toxic Compound, Latrunculin A, by Closely Related Nudibranch Molluscs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveused in the treatment of cancer
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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APA
antitumour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antitumour
MLA
“antitumour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antitumour. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antitumour,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antitumour.
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