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Definition of: cancer

(kansər) noun
1. Pathol. A malignant neoplasm or tumor, characterized by a morbid proliferation of epithelial cells in various parts of the body, spreading into adjacent tissue, with consequent progressive degeneration which often ends fatally: also called carcinoma, sarcoma.
2. Any inveterate and spreading evil.
—colloid cancer
A variety of cancer which chiefly attacks the alimentary canal, uterus, or peritoneum.
v.t. To eat or penetrate like a cancer.
[<L, crab]

Definition of: Cancer

(kansər)
The Crab, the fourth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters at the summer solstice. See CONSTELLATION.
—Tropic of Cancer
See under TROPIC.

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"cancer" has the frequency of use of 0.005% on en.wikipedia.org.

Phrases starting with the letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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