# Peto's paradox

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. The observation that at the species level, the incidence of cancer does not appear to correlate with the number of cells in an organism.

## Etymology
After Richard Peto.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/peto-s-paradox