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Synonyms for cancerous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kan-ser

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæn sər

Définition of cancerous

Origin : 1560s, from cancer + -ous.

adj malignant

Example sentences :

Trees are also very rare on that spot, and these poor, meagre, and cancerous.
Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz

I think we care too highly for the cancerous and the consumptive.
Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland

But what has this girl to do with your 'realm of the dead' or my study of cancerous tissue?
Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland

She had acquired a cancerous technique; and she could not get rid of it.
Extract from : « Three Plays by Brieux » by Eugne Brieux

It is used as a sprinkle for open cancers and cancerous sores.
Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley

It is a cancerous growth that human conventions have created and maintained.
Extract from : « Broke » by Edwin A. Brown

The prognosis of cancerous dilatation is as unfavorable as possible.
Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various

It is not cancerous, although bearing some resemblance to epithelioma.
Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various

It is a cancerous disease, but it cannot be cut out like a cancer.
Extract from : « Spring Days » by George Moore

The first is used as a dressing to cancerous sores; the second is applied on lint as a caustic in like cases.
Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley

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