Mutations Vocab Flashcards
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Cancer
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A disease in which cells grow and divide uncontrollably, damaging the parts of the body around them.
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Tumor
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A mass of abnormal cells that develops when cells divide and grow uncontrollably.
3
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Radiation
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Cancer treatment that uses beams of high-energy waves to destroy fast-growing cancer cells.
4
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Chemotherapy
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The use of drugs to treat a disease. The drugs can kill cancer cells or slow their growth.
5
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Mutation
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Any change in the DNA of a gene or chromosome.
