cancer

1. (countable, uncountable)A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (often rapid) proliferation.

   Sure, almost everything 'causes cancer' now. That said, I don't go hugging nuclear waste or acting like cancer itself is some conspiracy.

   Krebs

   ракrak, злока́чественная о́пухольzlokáčestvennaja ópuxolʹ

   ракrak, злоя́кісна пухли́наzlojákisna puxlýna

2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.

1. The old man died of cancer.

   Цей старий помер від раку.

   ruСтарик умер от рака.

   deDer alte Mann starb an Krebs.

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2. He died of cancer last year.

   Він помер від раку минулого року.

   ruОн умер от рака в прошлом году.

   deEr ist letztes Jahr an Krebs gestorben.

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3. I hear my uncle died of cancer.

   Я чув, що мій дядько помер від раку.

   ruЯ слышал, что мой дядя умер от рака.

   deMein Onkel soll an Krebs gestorben sein.

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4. Tom knows what cancer is like.

   Том в курсі, що таке рак.

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5. He died of cancer.

   Він помер від раку.

   ruОн умер от рака.

   deEr starb an Krebs.

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