preneoplasia

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ neoplasia.

Noun

preneoplasia (countable and uncountable, plural preneoplasias)

  1. The state of being preneoplastic
    • 2015 August 6, “Nuclear Receptor Expression and Function in Human Lung Cancer Pathogenesis”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      These precancerous and fully tumorigenic models provide an ideal system to study the role of NRs in lung cancer pathogenesis including preneoplasia and tumor formation.