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Carcinogen
Meaning: Substance or agent capable of causing cancer in living tissue.
In practice: Asbestos is a well-known carcinogen linked to mesothelioma decades after workplace exposure.
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Which word means: Brain or spinal cord tumour arising from the star-shaped supporting glial cells of the nervous system.
Answer: Astrocytoma
Which word means: Presence of an abnormal number of chromosomes in a cell.
Answer: Aneuploidy
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