Synonyms for cancer

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kan-ser

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæn sər

Définition of cancer

Origin : Old English cancer "spreading sore, cancer" (also canceradl), from Latin cancer "a crab," later, "malignant tumor," from Greek karkinos, which, like the Modern English word, has three meanings: crab, tumor, and the zodiac constellation (late Old English), from PIE root *qarq- "to be hard" (like the shell of a crab); cf. Sanskrit karkatah "crab," karkarah "hard;" and perhaps cognate with PIE root *qar-tu- "hard, strong," source of English hard.
Greek physicians Hippocrates and Galen, among others, noted similarity of crabs to some tumors with swollen veins. Meaning "person born under the zodiac sign of Cancer" is from 1894. The sun being in Cancer at the summer solstice, the constellation had association in Latin writers with the south and with summer heat. Cancer stick "cigarette" is from 1959.

noun malignant growth

Example sentences :

You have cured me of a cancer that four other cancer doctors told me I never could be cured of.
Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various

Even if there were a cancer cure that is only a part of the problem.
Extract from : « Now We Are Three » by Joe L. Hensley

In 1857 he was attacked by cancer, and died peaceably on the 5th of September of that year.
Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) » by John Morley

Let him say what he likes when Conrad talks about cancer, he knows Death's hand is over him.
Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine

Diabetes, tuberculosis, cancer of the stomach, tumor of the brain.
Extract from : « Life Sentence » by James McConnell

The cancer of autocracy is eating into the vitals of Austria.
Extract from : « The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon » by Newell Dwight Hillis

The physician then informed him of the many men and women who have died of cancer.
Extract from : « The Necessity of Atheism » by Dr. D.M. Brooks

Aëtius differentiates phagedenic and rodent ulcers and cancer.
Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh

With regard to cancer, he quotes from Archigenes and Leonides.
Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh

For instance, in his discussion of cancer he says that there are two forms of the affection.
Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh

Antonyms for cancer

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