#antimitotic

• Antimitotic — Preventing, blocking, or halting mitosis (the process of indirect cell division); a chemotherapeutic medication, cytostatic agent (such as vinca alkaloids or taxanes) utilized in the treatment of malignant tumors. In a clinical sense, it acts structurally by disrupting or excessively stabilizing the mitotic spindle, halting the uncontrolled multiplication of cancer cells.