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PREINVASIVE CANCER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does preinvasive cancer mean?
• PREINVASIVE CANCER (noun)
The noun PREINVASIVE CANCER has 1 sense:
1. a cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue or spread to other parts of the body
Familiarity information: PREINVASIVE CANCER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue or spread to other parts of the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
carcinoma in situ; preinvasive cancer
Hypernyms ("preinvasive cancer" is a kind of...):
carcinoma (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)
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