Definition of cancer

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Cancer (n.) A northern constellation between Gemini and Leo.

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Cancerated :: Cancerated (imp. & p. p.) of Cancerat.
Cancroid :: Cancroid (a.) Like a cancer; as, a cancroid tumor..
Solanoid :: Solanoid (a.) Resembling a potato; -- said of a kind of cancer.
Xanthosis :: Xanthosis (n.) The yellow discoloration often observed in cancerous tumors.
Epithelioma :: Epithelioma (n.) A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called also epithelial cancer.
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..
Hydra :: Hydra (n.) A southern constellation of great length lying southerly from Cancer, Leo, and Virgo..
Encephaloid :: Encephaloid (n.) An encephaloid cancer.
Cancer :: 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..
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..
Cancer :: Cancer (n.) A northern constellation between Gemini and Leo.
Rodent :: Rodent (v. t.) Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.
Colloid :: Colloid (n.) A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer.
Solstice :: Solstice (v. i.) The point in the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest from the equator, north or south, namely, the first point of the sign Cancer and the first point of the sign Capricorn, the former being the summer solstice, latter the winter solstice, in northern latitudes; -- so called because the sun then apparently stands still in its northward or southward motion..
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..
Cancroid :: Cancroid (a.) Resembling a crab; pertaining to the Cancroidea, one of the families of crabs, including the genus Cancer..
Cancer :: 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..
Epithelial :: Epithelial (a.) Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells; epithelial cancer..
Mormal :: Mormal (n.) A bad sore; a gangrene; a cancer.
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