Precancerous vs Cancer – What’s the difference?

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Precancerous vs Cancer - What's the difference?
Precancerous is a related term of cancer.As a adjective precancerous is (oncology) of or pertaining to growth that is likely to develop into cancer. As a noun cancer is (medicine|oncology|disease) a disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.

precancerous

English

Alternative forms

* pre-cancerous

Adjective

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  • (oncology) Of or pertaining to growth that is likely to develop into cancer.

    • Synonyms

    * premalignant

    cancer

    English

    * (wikipedia “cancer”)

    Noun

    (en noun)

  • (medicine, oncology, disease) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
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  • (figuratively) Something which spreads within something else, damaging the latter.
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    Synonyms

    * (disease) growth, malignancy, neoplasia
    * (something which spreads) lichen

    Hyponyms

    * tumor
    * leukaemia, leukemia

    Derived terms

    (types of cancer)
    * bowel cancer
    * breast cancer
    * colon cancer
    * leukemia
    * testicular cancer
    * lung cancer
    * prostate cancer
    * ovarian cancer
    * skin cancer
    * cervical cancer

    Related terms

    * Cancer
    * cancerization
    * cancerize
    * cancerous
    * canker
    * precancerous

    See also

    * malignant

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