Usually means: Genes that can cause cancer.
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  1. oncogenes: Merriam-Webster
  2. oncogenes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. oncogenes: Vocabulary.com
  4. oncogenes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. oncogenes: Wiktionary
  6. oncogenes: Dictionary.com
  7. Oncogenes: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Oncogenes: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. oncogenes: Wordnik

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  1. Oncogenes: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. oncogenes: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Oncogenes: Merck Manuals
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  6. oncogenes: Medical dictionary
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  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See oncogene as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (oncogene)

noun:  (oncology, genetics) Any gene that contributes to the conversion of a normal cell into a cancerous cell when mutated or expressed at high levels.
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