Combined Science GCSE
Susceptibility
What Susceptibility means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Susceptibility
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Reference: AQA
A raised chance of particular cancers due to inherited alleles, which does not guarantee the disease because risk is probabilistic.
Topics that use Susceptibility
- Cancer (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Genetic risk factors
- Lifestyle risk factors
- Tumour
- Uncontrolled cell division
- Benign
- Containment by a membrane
- Contrast with malignant tumours
- Invasion of neighbouring tissues
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