cancer
Definitions
- A constellation of the zodiac traditionally figured in the shape of a crab.
- Someone with a Cancer star sign.
- A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation
- A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
- The zodiac sign for the crab, ruled by the Moon and covering June 22–July 22 (tropical astrology) or July 16–August 15 (sidereal astrology).
- Something damaging that spreads throughout something else
- Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.
- Extremely unpleasant and annoying
Equivalents
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Azərbaycan dilixərçəng
Беларускаярак
Българскирак
বাংলাকর্কট
བོད་སྐད།སྐྲན་ནད
Cymraegcancr
Eestivähk
Gàidhligaillse
ગુજરાતીકર્કરોગ
עבריתסרטן
Magyarrák
Italianocancro
Kurdîkanser
LëtzebuergeschKriibs
ລາວມະເຮັງ
Lietuviųvėžys
Latviešuvēzis
Македонскирак
MaltiKanċer
پښتوسرطان
Românărac
Slovenčinarak
Slovenščinarak
தமிழ்புற்றுநோய்
Українськарак
中文癌症
繁體中文癌症
Examples
“If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move⟳ society away from the[…]hazards of gasoline cars: air and water pollution, noise and noxiousness, constant coughing and the undeniable rise⟳ in cancers caused by smoke⟳ exhaust⟳ particulates.”
“Risk⟳ is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump⟳ from the shadows and get⟳ you.”
“Cancers are common diseases; in the aggregate, they are among the leading causes of death nationally and worldwide, and their incidence is increasing as the population ages.”
“The disease of the self runs through my blood; It's a cancer fatal to my soul.”
“Sierra Leone's post-dictator problems are almost absurd in their breadth. It once exported rice; now it can't feed⟳ itself. The life span of the average citizen is 39, the shortest in Africa. Unemployment stands at 87 percent and tuberculosis is spreading out of control⟳. Corruption, brazen and ubiquitous, is a cancer on the economy.”
“The following day, Mr. [Stephen K.] Bannon called Mr. [Ben] Shapiro a “cancer” on the movement, and Ms. [Megyn] Kelly said she resented Mr. Shapiro’s attacks.”
“And add⟳ more coals to Cancer when he burns / With entertaining great Hyperion.”
“Cancer was occupied by a scarab in Egypt, so the general shape⟳ of animal may have⟳ been suggested by Praesepe.”
“‘All right, so what are Cancers apart from sad, then?’ Lizzie asked.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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