precancerous
/pree-kan-ser-uhs/US // priˈkæn sər əs //
癌前病变,癌前,癌前病症,癌前疾病
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : showing pathological changes that may be preliminary to malignancy.
Examples
Screening can readily identify precancerous growths called polyps, as well as early-stage cancers.
The word ‘pre-cancerous’ occurred four times in the text, while ‘precancerous’ occurred twice, both in the index.
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