Usually means: Abnormal cells, potential to malignancy.
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  1. precancerous: Merriam-Webster
  2. precancerous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. precancerous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. precancerous: Collins English Dictionary
  5. precancerous: Vocabulary.com
  6. Precancerous, precancerous: Wordnik
  7. precancerous: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. precancerous: Wiktionary
  9. precancerous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. precancerous: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. precancerous: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. precancerous: Dictionary.com
  13. Precancerous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. precancerous: Rhymezone
  15. precancerous: FreeDictionary.org
  16. precancerous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. precancerous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. precancerous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. precancerous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Precancerous: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  8. Precancerous: Breast Cancer Glossary of Medical Terms
  9. precancerous: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  10. precancerous: Medical dictionary
  11. Precancerous: Drug Medical Dictionary
  12. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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▸ adjective:  (oncology) Of or pertaining to growth that is likely to develop into cancer

Similar:
cancerous, oncodevelopmental, oncogenical, cancerological, carcinogenetic, carcinomal, carcinological, carcinologic, oncologic, precarcinogenic, more...

Types:
dysplasia, carcinomin situ, hyperplasia, more...

Phrases:
precancerous conditions, precancerous lesion, precancerous cells, precancerous polyps, Precancerous condition, more...

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Similar:
cancerous, oncodevelopmental, oncogenical, cancerological, carcinogenetic, carcinomal, carcinological, carcinologic, oncologic, precarcinogenic, more...

Types:
dysplasia, carcinomin situ, hyperplasia, more...

Phrases:
precancerous conditions, precancerous lesion, precancerous cells, precancerous polyps, Precancerous condition, more...



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