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pericancerous

pericancerous adjective: surrounding a cancer.

Adjective

pericancerous (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding a cancer

Origin of pericancerous

From peri- + cancerous.

Questions about pericancerous

What does pericancerous mean?
Pericancerous means surrounding a cancer.
What part of speech is pericancerous?
Pericancerous is an adjective.

Words near pericancerous in the dictionary

  1. pericambia
  2. pericambial
  3. pericambium
  4. pericams
  5. pericanalicular
  6. pericancerous
  7. pericapillary
  8. pericapsid
  9. pericapsidic
  10. pericapsids
  11. pericapsular

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