somatic mutation theory of cancer

n.

The theory that cancer is caused by a mutation or mutations in the body cells, rather than germ cells, especially by nonlethal mutations associated with increased proliferation of the mutant cells.

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Words nearby somatic mutation theory of cancer

somatic death, somatic delusion, somatic motor neuron, somatic motor nucleus, somatic mutation, somatic mutation theory of cancer, somatic nerve, somatic nervous system, somatic reproduction, somatic sensory cortex, somatic swallow
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