cancer
A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled proliferationA disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (often rapid) proliferation.
Meaning
2 senses(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
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.
- type genus of the family Cancridae
- the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
- a small zodiacal constellation in the Northern Hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini
- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
Examples
496 sentencesThe old man died of cancer.
Цей старий помер від раку. — iceman
ruСтарик умер от рака. — odexed
deDer alte Mann starb an Krebs. — MikeMolto
He died of cancer last year.
Він помер від раку минулого року. — deniko
ruОн умер от рака в прошлом году. — Biga
deEr ist letztes Jahr an Krebs gestorben. — Eldad
I hear my uncle died of cancer.
Я чув, що мій дядько помер від раку. — deniko
ruЯ слышал, что мой дядя умер от рака. — fjay69
deMein Onkel soll an Krebs gestorben sein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom knows what cancer is like.
Том в курсі, що таке рак. — deniko
He died of cancer.
Він помер від раку. — deniko
ruОн умер от рака. — Biga
deEr starb an Krebs. — wolfgangth
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin cancer (“crab”), a calque of Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab;Borrowed from Latin cancer (“crab”), a calque of Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab; ulcer; cancer”), possibly cognate, applied to cancerous tumors because of a supposed resemblence between their enlarged veins and the legs of a crab. Doublet of canker and chancre.
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Forms
plural: cancersSynonyms
7 synonyms- type genus of the family Cancridae:genus Cancer
- the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22:Cancer the CrabCrab
- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer:Crab
- any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream:malignant neoplastic disease
Word family
70 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
4 patterns- died of cancer
- lung cancer
- of lung cancer
- cause cancer