Definition of cancer

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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..

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Cancroid :: Cancroid (a.) Resembling a crab; pertaining to the Cancroidea, one of the families of crabs, including the genus Cancer..
Tropic :: Tropic (n.) One of the two small circles of the celestial sphere, situated on each side of the equator, at a distance of 23? 28/, and parallel to it, which the sun just reaches at its greatest declination north or south, and from which it turns again toward the equator, the northern circle being called the Tropic of Cancer, and the southern the Tropic of Capricorn, from the names of the two signs at which they touch the ecliptic..
Cancerate :: Cancerate (v. i.) To grow into a canser; to become cancerous.
Leo :: Leo (n.) A northern constellation east of Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle..
Cancer :: Cancer (n.) A northern constellation between Gemini and Leo.
Cancroid :: Cancroid (a.) Like a cancer; as, a cancroid tumor..
Eat :: Eat (v. t.) To corrode, as metal, by rust; to consume the flesh, as a cancer; to waste or wear away; to destroy gradually; to cause to disappear..
Encephaloid :: Encephaloid (n.) An encephaloid cancer.
Cundurango :: Cundurango (n.) The bark of a South American vine (Gonolobus Condurango) of the Milkweed family. It has been supposed, but erroneously, to be a cure for cancer..
Epithelioma :: Epithelioma (n.) A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called also epithelial cancer.
Crab :: Crab (n.) The zodiacal constellation Cancer.
Mygale :: Mygale (n.) A genus of very large hairy spiders having four lungs and only four spinnerets. They do not spin webs, but usually construct tubes in the earth, which are often furnished with a trapdoor. The South American bird spider (Mygale avicularia), and the crab spider, or matoutou (M. cancerides) are among the largest species. Some of the species are erroneously called tarantulas, as the Texas tarantula (M. Hentzii)..
Cancerite :: Cancerite (n.) Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer.
Solanoid :: Solanoid (a.) Resembling a potato; -- said of a kind of cancer.
Xanthosis :: Xanthosis (n.) The yellow discoloration often observed in cancerous tumors.
Canceration :: Canceration (n.) The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer.
Cancer :: 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..
Hydra :: Hydra (n.) A southern constellation of great length lying southerly from Cancer, Leo, and Virgo..
Epithelial :: Epithelial (a.) Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells; epithelial cancer..
Cachexy :: Cachexy (n.) A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by a specific morbid process (as cancer or tubercle)..
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