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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Arrest of cellular growth and multiplication.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Arrest of blood-corpuscles in the small vessels.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biology) The inhibition or cessation of cell growth or division.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The prevention of the
growth andmultiplication ofcells
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