English Explanatory Dictionary

previvor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An unaffected carrier of cancer, who has not been diagnosed with it but has survived the predisposition, or higher risk, due to certain genetic mutations.

Word forms

previvor previvors

Etymology

Blend of pre- + survivor?

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