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Meaning
Noun
●
In Diseases, Medicine & Oncology:
A
disease
in which the cells of a
tissue
undergo
uncontrolled
(and often
rapid
) proliferation.
●
Something
damaging
that
spreads
throughout something else.
●
Someone with a Cancer
star
sign.
Adj
●
Extremely
unpleasant
and annoying.
Name
●
A
constellation
of the
zodiac
supposedly
shaped
like a crab.
●
The
zodiac
sign
for
the
crab,
ruled
by
the
Moon
and
covering
June
22
-
July
22
(tropical
astrology)
or
July
16
-
August
15
(sidereal
astrology).
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
cancer
English
cancer
Latin
καρκίνος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
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Tumours
Neoplasm
Dementia
Metastasis
Chemotherapy
Hiv
Alzheimer'S
Obesity
Mesothelioma
Infections
Inflammation
Illnesses
Asthma
Disorder
Osteoporosis
Meningitis
Virus
Lung
Emphysema
Prostate
Tuberculosis
Malaria
Adenocarcinoma
Hypertension
Sarcoid
Pain
Malignant
Cirrhosis
Autism
Depression
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Heart Disease
Hepatitis C
Lyme Disease
More
Rhymes
Cancer
Cancer
Answer
Chancer
Merganser
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