PREINVASIVE CANCER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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

Synonyms:

carcinoma in situ; preinvasive cancer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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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