MEANING : (n.) an intelligent person with a non-social obsession (such as computer programming) that renders him/her annoying or unattractive. EXAMPLE SENTENCES :
Cancer is unchecked cell growth. Mutations in genes can cause cancer by accelerating cell division rates or inhibiting normal controls on the system, such as cell cycle arrest or programmed cell death.As a mass of cancerous cells grows, it can develop into a tumor.ancer is unchecked cell growth. Mutations in genes can cause cancer by accelerating cell division rates or inhibiting normal controls on the system, such as cell cycle arrest or programmed cell death.
1 Normal cells know when to stop growing so that you have just the right number of each type of cell. 2  Cancer cells lose the controls (tumor suppressor genes) that tell them when to stop growing. 3  A mutation in a tumor suppressor gene allows cancer cells to continue growing and accumulating.