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Zytostatikum

German, noun[t͡sytoˈstaːtikʊm]

Zytostatikum is a German neuter noun meaning “cytostatic (drug)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Substanz, welche die Entwicklung schnell wachsender Zellen hemmt”.

What does Zytostatikum mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neutercytostatic (drug)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Substanz, welche die Entwicklung schnell wachsender Zellen hemmt

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Zytostatikum

  • Zytostatikums genitive
  • Zytostatika plural
  • Cytostatikum alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Zytostatikum?

  • [t͡sytoˈstaːtikʊm]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Zytostatikum in German?

Zytostatikum appears about once in every 46 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).