Complete Definition of "cancer"

see|Cancer|cáncer|Cáncer|càncer|câncer
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English

Etymology
From L. term|cancer||crab|lang=la. Applied to cancerous tumors because the enlarged veins resembled the legs of a crab.

Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/�kæns�/
a|AusE? IPA|/�kæ�ns�/
a|GenAm? IPA|/�kæns�/
audio|en-us-cancer.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|æns�(r)

Noun
en-noun

  1. context|medicine|oncology|disease A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.

Synonyms
sense|a disease crab, growth, malignancy, tumor

Derived terms
rel-top|types of cancer
bowel cancer
breast cancer
colon cancer
rel-mid
lung cancer
prostate cancer
skin cancer
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Related terms
Cancer
cancerous
canker
precancerous
leukaemia, leukemia
malignant

Translations
trans-top|disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation
Albanian: t|sq|kancer|xs=Albanian
Arabic: t-|ar|ا�سرطا�|sc=ARchar
Azeri: x�rç�ng
Bosnian: t-|bs|rak|m
Bulgarian: t-|bg|�ак|m|trrak|scCyrl
Catalan: t|ca|càncer
Chinese: t|cmn|����|scHani|xsMandarin
Croatian: t-|hr|rak|m
Czech: t-|cs|rakovina|f
Danish: t+|da|kræft
Dutch: t+|nl|kanker
Esperanto: t-|eo|kancero|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: vähktõbi
Finnish: t+|fi|syöpä
French: t+|fr|cancer|m
Georgian: ���� (kibo)
German: t+|de|Krebs
Greek: t|el|κα�κίνο�|m|trkarkínos|scGrek
Hebrew: t+|he|סר��|sart'an|sc=Hebr
Hungarian: t+|hu|rák
Icelandic: t+|is|krabbamein|n, t+|is|krabbi|m qualifier|colloquial
Indonesian: t+|id|kanker|xs=Indonesian
Italian: t+|it|cancro
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Japanese: t|ja|����|scJpan (t|ja|���� ����|trakusei shuy�|sc=Jpan)
Korean: t+|ko|�|tram|scHang
Kurdish:
Latvian: v�zis
Lithuanian: v�žys
Malay: penyakit barah
Norwegian: t-|no|kreft
Persian: FAchar|�ج
Polish: nowotwór z�o�liwy
Portuguese: t+|pt|câncer|m
Romanian: t-|ro|cancer
Russian: t+|ru|�ак|trrak|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: aillse f
Serbian

Slovak: t-|sk|rak|m
Spanish: t+|es|cáncer
Swedish: t-|sv|cancer
Thai: THchar|มะ�ร��
Turkish: t-|tr|kanser
Uyghur: (raki)
Vietnamese: t+|vi|ung thÆ°|xs=Vietnamese
Welsh: cancr
Yiddish: (rak)
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French

Noun
fr-noun|m

  1. #English|cancer

Category:fr:Diseases
Category:fr:Medicine
Category:fr:Oncology


Latin

Alternative spellings
la-noun|cancer|cancri|cancrī|m|second
la-noun|cancer|canceris|canceris|n|third

Noun
la-noun|cancer|canceris|canceris|m|third

  1. A crab.
  2. A tumor, #English|cancer.
  3. Lattice, grid, or barrier.

Inflection
ladecl3
la-decl-3rd|cancer|cancer|cancer

ladecl2er
la-decl-2nd-ER|cancer|cancer|cancr

ladecl3n
la-decl-3rd-N|cancer|cancer|cancer

Category:la:Animals
Category:la:Diseases
Category:la:Medicine
Category:la:Oncology

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