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oncogene (ˈɒŋkəʊˌdʒiːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| any of several genes, first identified in viruses but present in all cells, that when abnormally activated can cause cancer | |
| [C20 from Gk onkos mass, tumour + | |
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Oncogene
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Word Origin & History
oncogene
1969, from onco-, from Gk. onkos "bulk, size, mass, body" + -gene.
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Medical Dictionary
oncogene on·co·gene (ŏng'kə-jēn)
n.
A gene that causes the transformation of normal cells into cancerous tumor cells, especially a viral gene that transforms a host cell into a tumor cell.
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
| oncogene (ŏn'kə-jēn) Pronunciation Key
A gene that causes normal cells to become cancerous either because the gene is mutated or because the gene is expressed at the wrong time in development. See Note at cancer. |
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Example sentences
He discovered the first human oncogene, a mutated form of a normal gene that can contribute to cancer.
Occasionally a human or other animal inherits an oncogene in the mutated form that gives rise to cancer.
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