Cancer (IPA: /ˈkænsɝ/)
| Cancer (n.) |
A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab, etc. See Crab. |
| Cancer (n.) |
The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence, the sign of the summer solstice. See Tropic. |
| Cancer (n.) |
A northern constellation between Gemini and Leo. |
| Cancer (n.) |
Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework. |
| Cancer |
Group of diseases |
| Cancer |
Species of arachnid |
| Cancer |
Mythical creature in Greek mythology, killed by Hercules |
| Cancer |
Zodiac constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere |
| Cancer |
Fourth astrological sign in the zodiac |
| Cancer Synonyms |
Cancer, Crab |
| Cancer Synonyms |
Cancer |
| Cancer Synonyms |
Cancer, Crab, Cancer The Crab |
| Cancer Synonyms |
Cancer, Genus Cancer |
| Cancer Synonyms |
Malignant Neoplastic Disease |
| CANCER (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Computer Analysis of Nonlinear Circuits, Excluding Radiation |
Cancer Rhymes
Answer, Cancer, Dancer, Danser, Ganser, Lancer, Lanser, Manser, Mansour, Mansur, Pancer |
Advancer, Enhancer, Financer |
Anticancer |
| Cancer (Last Name / Surname) |
Cancer is the #116,201 most common last name / surname from the 2010 United States Census. The census reported that 150 people had that surname. |
| Spanish Translation |
Cancer in Spanish is Cáncer |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " (After kissing a cancer striken scientist, prior to his execution) So that's what death tastes like." - Terminator Salvation |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Afrikaans is a cancer that must be destroyed." - Afrikaans |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Can't is the cancer of happen." - Charlie Sheen |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Fools, said I, You do not know Silence like a cancer grows." - Simon & Garfunkel |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell." - Growth |
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