Cancer Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition Cancer? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Derivations, Words starting with Cancer, Example sentences, Words ending with Cancer, How to pronounce? Antonyms, Related sentences, Synonyms and more...

Cancer meaning

Word: Cancer

How to pronounce: ˈkænsə

Noun

Definitions:

1. A disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body.

Example sentences: "He's got cancer"

Proper noun

Definitions:

1. A constellation (the Crab), said to represent a crab crushed under the foot of Hercules. It is most noted for the globular star cluster of Praesepe (the Beehive cluster).

2. The fourth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters at the northern summer solstice (about June 21).

Noun

Definitions:

1. A person born when the sun is in the sign of Cancer.

Example sentences: "Traditionally, the caring professions attract sun-sign Cancers, but professions connected with the past also appeal greatly, as does cookery."

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Used with preceding Greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation Cancer.


Synonyms:

crab

carcinoma

canker

malignancy

neoplasia


Antonyms:

anticancer

antitumor


Derivations:

cancerous


Cancer in Other Languages...

Spanish: Cancer

German: Krebs

French: Cancer

Italian: Cancro

Turkish: Kanserli


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