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precancer
precancer n.
Brit. 
/ˌpriːˈkansə/
, /ˌpriːˈkansə/U.S. /ˌpriˈkænsər/
Medicine a growth or condition which is likely to lead to the development of cancer./ˌpriˈkænsər/ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > cancer > condition preceding
precancer1934
1922 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press-Telegram 15 Nov. 9/4 The time to recognise and interpret what may be coming is the pre-cancer stage.]
1934 Lancet 11 Aug. 333/2 Soon the name pre-cancer began to be given to a weak spot susceptible to infection—a wart, adenoma or other growth, hitherto benign, or a fissure, ulcer, or any site of chronic inflammation.
1963 New Statesman 19 July 71 Microscopic studies of the cervical smears showed..five cases of pre-cancers.
1996 Daily Tel. 2 Apr. 16/3 He has used the lamp to treat 137 cancers in 77 patients with Bowen's disease, an early or pre-cancer which can turn into more serious cancers.
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