Stimulation of tumor induction, following initiation, by a promoting agent that may of itself be noncarcinogenic.
- health p. according to the World Health Organization, the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health; it involves the population as a whole in the context of their everyday lives, rather than focusing on people at risk for specific diseases and is directed toward action on the determinants or causes of health.
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