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1. (gen.) cancer
a malignant and invasive growth or tumor, esp. one originating in epithelium, tending to recur after excision and to metastasize to other sites.
2. cancer
any disease characterized by such growths.
3. cancer
any evil condition or thing that spreads destructively; blight.
4. cancer
(cap.) the Crab, a zodiacal constellation between Gemini and Leo.
5. cancer
(cap.)
6. cancer
the fourth sign of the zodiac.
7. cancer
a person born under this sign, usu. between June 21 and July 22.
Etymology: (1975–80)
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| Definition of 'cancer' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) cancer, malignant neoplastic disease
any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
2. (noun) Cancer, Crab
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
3. (noun) Cancer
a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini
4. (noun) Cancer, Cancer the Crab, Crab
the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
5. (noun) Cancer, genus Cancer
type genus of the family Cancridae
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1. (noun) cancer
a disease causing abnormal cell growth
His mom has cancer.; breast/lung/skin cancer; the treatment of cancers
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| Definition of 'cancer' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) cancer
a genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab, etc. See Crab
2. (noun) cancer
the fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence, the sign of the summer solstice. See Tropic
3. (noun) cancer
a northern constellation between Gemini and Leo
4. (noun) cancer
formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework
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Sense: a diseased growth in the body, often fatal
The cancer has spread to her stomach.
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 Afrikaans: kanker |
 Arabic: سَرَطان |
 Bulgarian: мед. рак |
 Brazilian: câncer |
 Czech: rakovina |
 German: der Krebs |
 Danish: kræft; cancer |
 Greek: καρκίνος |
 Spanish: cáncer |
 Estonian: vähkkasvaja |
 Farsi: سرطان |
 Finnish: syöpä |
 French: cancer |
 Hebrew: סַרטָן |
 Hindi: कैन्सर |
 Croatian: rak, karcinom |
 Hungarian: rák |
 Indonesian: kanker |
 Icelandic: krabbamein |
 Italian: cancro |
 Japanese: 癌 |
 Korean: 암종(癌腫) |
 Lithuanian: auglys, piktybinis navika |
 Latvian: vēzis |
 Malay: barah |
 Dutch: gezwel |
 Norwegian: kreft |
 Polish: rak, nowotwór |
 Persian: سرطان |
 Pashto: چنګاښ |
 Portuguese: cancro |
 Romanian: cancer |
 Russian: раковая опухоль |
 Slovak: rakovina |
 Slovenian: rak |
 Serbian: tumor |
 Swedish: cancertumör |
 Thai: มะเร็ง |
 Turkish: kanser |
 Taiwanese: 癌 |
 Ukrainian: рак |
 Urdu: جسم میں خلیات کی غیر قدرت |
 Vietnamese: uác tính |
 Chinese: 癌 |
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