English

Etymology
ME. canker, cancre, OE. cancer (akin to Dutch kanker, Old High German chanchar.), From L. cancer a cancer; or if a native word, compare Greek excrescence on tree, gangrene. Compare also Old French cancre, French chancere, from Latin cancer. See cancer, and compare chancre.

Pronunciation
rhymes|æ�k�(r)

Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. botany A plant disease marked by gradual decay.
2. A corrode|corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth. -- called also.
3. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys.
4. A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog rose.

#An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths. Usually resulting from neglected thrush.

Synonyms
(2) water canker, canker of the mouth, noma.

Translations
trans-top|plant disease marked by gradual decay
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Russian: �ак (rak) m
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Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
2. transitive To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
3. intransitive To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
4. To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.

References
R:Webster 1913

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