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precancer

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pre·can·cer (prknsr)
n.
A lesion from which a malignant tumor is presumed to develop in a significant number of instances and that may or may not be recognizable clinically or by microscopic changes in the affected tissue.
precancer
a condition that tends to become malignant but does not necessarily do so, e.g. precancerous eye lesions in cancer-eye of cattle (see squamous cell carcinoma). See also cancer.
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