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Definition: Precancerous |
PrecancerousAdjective1. Of or relating to a growth that is not malignant but is likely to become so if not treated. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Precancerous" is a common misspelling or typo for: precocious, preconscious, predaceous, predacious. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A term used to describe a condition that may (or is likely to) become cancer. Also called premalignant. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Precancerous |
| English words defined with "precancerous": kraurosis vulvae. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "precancerous": Bowen's disease ♦ chemopreventive ♦ exisulind ♦ precancerous polyps, premalignant. (references) |
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Health | Sometimes precancerous changes occur in the cells lining the colon. (references) | |
If you are a sexually active women, you should have a regular Pap smear to screen for cervical cancer or other precancerous conditions. (references) | ||
Precancerous lesions such as actinic keratoses are treated by topical chemotherapy (e.g., by the use of 5-fluorouracil) and physical methods of superficial skin destruction (e.g., cryosurgery). (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "precancerous": Precancerous Changes of the Cervix ♦ Precancerous Conditions ♦ precancerous polyps. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
precancerous cell | 31 |
precancerous | 7 |
bronchial endoscopy fluorescence lesions precancerous | 6 |
precancerous polyps | 5 |
cell cervix precancerous | 4 |
cell precancerous skin | 4 |
precancerous lesions | 4 |
precancerous cervical cell | 3 |
moles precancerous | 3 |
precancerous skin | 3 |
biopsy precancerous razor | 3 |
mole precancerous | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "precancerous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | prækankrotiske tilstande (precancerous conditions), prækankrotisk senil melanose (malignant lentigo, precancerous melanosis of Dubreuilh), prækankrotisk forandring (precancerous lesion), prækankrøs abrasiv cheilitis (precancerous abrasive cheilitis), keratosis pharyngis (lacunar pharyngeal hyperkeratosis, precancerous hyperkeratosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | precarcereuse toestand (precancerous conditions), precancereuze cel (precancerous cell), precancereus letsel (precancerous lesion), melanosis praecancerosa van Dubreuilh (malignant lentigo, precancerous melanosis of Dubreuilh). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | prekanseroosit tilat (precancerous conditions), prekanseroosi muutos (precancerous lesion), syöpää edeltävä muutos (precancerous lesion), lentigo maligna (malignant lentigo, precancerous melanosis of Dubreuilh), Dubreuilhin melanoosi (malignant lentigo, precancerous melanosis of Dubreuilh). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | mélanose de Dubreuilh (precancerous melanosis of Dubreuilh), mélanose circonscrite précancéreuse de Dubreuilh (precancerous melanosis of Dubreuilh), lentigo melanoma (precancerous melanosis of Dubreuilh), lésion pré-cancéreuse (precancerous lesion), hyperkératose précarcinomateuse (precancerous hyperkeratosis), conditions précancéreuses (precancerous conditions), cheilite abrasive précancéreuse (precancerous abrasive cheilitis), cheilite abrasive (precancerous abrasive cheilitis), cellule précancéreuse (precancerous cell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | präkanzeröse Hyperkeratose (precancerous hyperkeratosis), pharyngis Hyperkeratosis (precancerous hyperkeratosis), Hyperkeratosis lacunaris (precancerous hyperkeratosis), Cheilitis abrasiva praecancerosa (precancerous abrasive cheilitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | μελάνωση Dubreuilh (malignant lentigo, precancerous melanosis of Dubreuilh), μελάνωμα τύπου φακής (malignant lentigo, precancerous melanosis of Dubreuilh), προκαρκινική βλάβη (precancerous lesion, pre-cancerous lesion), προκαρκινική υπερκεράτωση (precancerous hyperkeratosis), προκαρκινοματώδης βλάβη (precancerous lesion), προκαρκινοματώδεις καταστάσεις (precancerous conditions), περίγραπτη προκαρκινική μελάνωση του Dubreuilh (malignant lentigo, precancerous melanosis of Dubreuilh). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | stati precancerosi (precancerous conditions), melanosi di Dubreuilh (malignant lentigo, precancerous melanosis of Dubreuilh), melanoma su lentigo di Hutchinson (malignant lentigo, precancerous melanosis of Dubreuilh), lesione pretumorale (precancerous lesion), lesione preneoplastica (precancerous lesion), lesione precancerosa (precancerous lesion, pre-cancerous lesion), lentigo maligna melanoma (malignant lentigo, precancerous melanosis of Dubreuilh), ipercheratosi precancerosa (precancerous hyperkeratosis), condizioni preneoplastiche (precancerous conditions), cheilite abrasiva circoscritta (precancerous abrasive cheilitis), cellula pretumorale (precancerous cell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ecancerouspray queilite abrasiva pré-cancerosa (precancerous abrasive cheilitis), hiperceratose pré-cancerosa (precancerous hyperkeratosis). (various references) queilitis abrasiva (precancerous abrasive cheilitis), melanosis precancerosa de Dubreuilh (malignant lentigo, precancerous melanosis of Dubreuilh), mácula melanocítica de Hutchinson (malignant lentigo, precancerous melanosis of Dubreuilh), lesión precancerosa (precancerous lesion, pre-cancerous lesion), léntigo maligno (malignant lentigo, precancerous melanosis of Dubreuilh), hiperqueratosis precancerosa (precancerous hyperkeratosis), condiciones precancerosas (precancerous conditions), célula precancerosa (precancerous cell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | lentigo melanoma. (various references) |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "precancerous" (pronounced prēka"nserus) |
| 7 | -k a" n s er u s | cancerous. |
| 4 | -s er u s | rhinoceros. |
| 3 | -er u s | adulterous, adventurous, amorous, avarice, barbarous, boisterous, cantankerous, carboniferous, carnivorous, coniferous, dangerous, decorous, fossiliferous, generous, glamorous, herbivorous, heterosporous, homosporous, humerus, humorous, insectivorous, lecherous, murderous, numerous, odorous, omnivorous, onerous, overgenerous, oviparous, ovoviviparous, phosphorous, phosphorus, ponderous, preposterous, prosperous, rancorous, rapturous, rigorous, slanderous, sonorous, tetramerous, thunderous, timorous, traitorous, treacherous, unglamorous, uterus, vigorous, viviparous, vociferous. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-n-o-p-r-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: coparceners. | |
-2 letters: coparcener, racecourse. | |
-3 letters: cancerous, parceners, precensor, superrace. | |
-4 letters: caperers, carouser, censurer, coenures, coercers, ecraseur, eupnoeas, nacreous, parcener, personae, pouncers, prancers, precures, prescore, procures, rancours, reaccuse, rearouse, reasoner, recourse, reoccurs, resource, succorer, supercar. | |
-5 letters: accrues, accuser, acerose, acerous, aeneous, apercus, arenose, arenous, arouser, cancers, caperer, careens, careers, carouse, carpers, caserne, censure, cesurae, coarsen, coarser. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01100101 01100011 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 01110010 01101111 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r e c a n c e r o u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0065 0063 0061 006E 0063 0065 0072 006F 0075 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508471696780697184818785 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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