preneoplasia

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noun

The state of being preneoplastic

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Meanings

nounpreneoplasia (countable and uncountable, plural preneoplasias)

plural preneoplasias

  1. countableuncountableThe state of being preneoplastic

    These precancerous and fully tumorigenic models provide an ideal system to study the role of NRs in lung cancer pathogenesis including preneoplasia and tumor formation.

    2015 August 6, “Nuclear Receptor Expression and Function in Human Lung Cancer Pathogenesis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From pre- + neoplasia.

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