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Cancerous
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Meaning
Adj
●
In Oncology:
Relating to or
affected
with cancer.
●
Growing or
spreading
rapidly
to the point
of harm.
●
Extremely
unpleasant
; detestable.
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Origin
cancerous
English
-ous
English
cancer
English
cancer
Latin
καρκίνος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
Antonyms
Noncancerous
Related
Carcinogenic
Diseased
Poisonous
Toxic
Harmful
Tumor
Tumors
Neoplastic
Melanoma
Benign
Tumour
Tumours
Carcinoma
Contagious
Necrotic
Gangrenous
Metastatic
Infectious
Virulent
Pathogenic
Degenerative
Parasitic
Dysplastic
Abnormal
Invasive
Tumorous
Putrid
Inflamed
Infected
Untreatable
Venomous
Adenocarcinoma
Curable
Noxious
Chronic
Leukemia
Festering
Rotten
Metastasize
Glioma
Metastases
Leukemic
Malicious
Tumorigenic
Pathologic
Calcified
Breast Cancer
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