can·cer

(kăn′sər)

a. Any of various malignant neoplasms characterized by the proliferation of anaplastic cells that tend to invade surrounding tissue and metastasize to new body sites.

b. The pathological condition characterized by such growths.

2. A pernicious, spreading evil: A cancer of bigotry spread through the community.

[Middle English; see canker.]

can′cer·ous (kăn′sər-əs) adj.

Can·cer

(kăn′sər)

1. A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Leo and Gemini.

a. The fourth sign of the zodiac in astrology.

b. One who is born under this sign. In all senses also called Crab.

[Middle English, from Latin; see canker.]

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	cancerous - relating to or affected with cancer; "a cancerous growth" malignant - dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)
	2.	cancerous - like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads; "remorse was cancerous within him"; "pornography is cancerous to the moral development of our children" malign - evil or harmful in nature or influence; "prompted by malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign spirits"; "gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion"

Translations

سَرَطاني

rakovinnýtrpící rakovinou

cancer-kræft-

krebsartig

καρκινικός

cancéreux

rákos

krabbameins-

canceroso

kreft-kreftliknende

rakovinový

kanserli

癌的

cancerous

[ˈkænsərəs] ADJ → canceroso
to become cancerous → cancerarse

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cancerous

[ˈkænsərəs] adj [growth, cell] → cancéreux/eusecancer patient n → cancéreux/euse m/fcancer research n → cancérologie f; (in appeals, funds, charities) → recherche f sur le cancer, recherche f contre le cancercancer specialist n → cancérologue mf

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cancerous

adj → krebsartig; cancerous growth (lit, fig) → krebsartige Wucherung

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cancerous

[ˈkæns/ərəs] adj → canceroso/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cancer

(ˈkӕnsə) noun

1. a diseased growth in the body, often fatal. The cancer has spread to her stomach.

2. the (often fatal) condition caused by such diseased growth(s). He is dying of cancer.

ˈcancerous adjective

can·cer·ous

a. canceroso-a.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

cancerous

adj canceroso

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