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Definition 1
In medicine, the change that a normal cell undergoes as it becomes malignant. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
The conversion of a cell from a normal phenotype, which undergoes a limited number of mitotic divisions, into an aberrant phenotype that is immortal and divides indefinitely. Transformed cells no longer retain cell-cycle checkpoints and may ultimately become malignant cancer cells via additional genetic mutations, or damaging environmental events. (NCI Thesaurus)
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