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can·cer

Pronounced:

/ˈkænsɚ/Listen to audio

Function:

noun

Inflected forms:

plural can·cers

Meaning:

1 : a serious disease caused by cells that are not normal and that can spread to one or many parts of the body [noncount] breast/lung cancer He was diagnosed with cancer. She learned that she has cancer. Eating certain foods may help reduce the risk of cancer. [count] Advanced cancers are more difficult to treat.often used before another noun cancer patients cancer prevention cancer treatments
2 [count] : something bad or dangerous that causes other bad things to happen —usually singular Her jealousy was a cancer that slowly destroyed her marriage. Drugs and violence have become a cancer in the city.
3 Cancer a [noncount] : the fourth sign of the zodiac that comes between Gemini and Leo and has a crab as its symbol —see picture at zodiac b [count] : a person born under the sign of Cancer : a person born between June 22nd and July 22nd I'm a Taurus, but my best friend is a Cancer.
—can·cer·ous Listen to audio /ˈkænsərəs/ adjective a cancerous growth/lump The tumor is not cancerous.
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