cancer

noun · adjectiveA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

cancers

1.
(countable, uncountable)(medicine, oncology, pathology) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
Đồng nghĩa: malignancy
2.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more cancer

Superlative

most cancer

1.
(offensive, slang, vulgar)Extremely unpleasant and annoying.
I used to love this game, but the new meta is straight up cancer.
Đồng nghĩa: cancerous, AIDS

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

malignancy cancerous AIDS growth neoplasia lichensomething which spreads growth, lichen

Cùng gốc / liên quan

adenocancercure for canceranticancercancerationcanceredcancerettecancerficcancericidalcancerismcancerizedcancerlesscancerlikecancerogenesiscancerogeniccancerologycanceromecancerostaticcancerphobecancerphobiacancerphobic

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro Latin cancer (crab), a Ancient Greek καρκίνος (crab; ulcer; cancer), possibly cognate, applied to cancerous tumors because of a supposed resemblence between their enlarged veins and the legs of a crab. canker chancre.