cancer

Meaning of cancer

noun
  1. a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body.
    he's got cancer
    lung cancer

Old English, from Latin, ‘crab or creeping ulcer’, translating Greek karkinos, said to have been applied to such tumours because the swollen veins around them resembled the limbs of a crab. canker was the usual form until the 17th century Compare with Cancer.

Information about cancer

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of cancer is: cancers.
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Hyphenation of cancer

can-cer

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • cancer is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

cancer synonyms

Meaning Cancer:

Cancer, Crab

Translation of cancer

Anagrams of cancer

crance

Words that rhyme with cancer

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