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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Cancer :: Cancer (n.) A northern constellation between Gemini and Leo.
Hydra :: Hydra (n.) A southern constellation of great length lying southerly from Cancer, Leo, and Virgo..
Cancerated :: Cancerated (imp. & p. p.) of Cancerat.
Cancroid :: Cancroid (a.) Resembling a crab; pertaining to the Cancroidea, one of the families of crabs, including the genus Cancer..
Carcinosys :: Carcinosys (n.) The affection of the system with 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)..
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)..
Root :: Root (n.) That which resembles a root in position or function, esp. as a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as, the root of a tooth, a nail, a cancer, and the like..
Cancerate :: Cancerate (v. i.) To grow into a canser; to become cancerous.
Cancerite :: Cancerite (n.) Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer.
Carcinoma :: Carcinoma (n.) A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer..
Squawweed :: Squawroot (n.) A scaly parasitic plant (Conopholis Americana) found in oak woods in the United States; -- called also cancer root.
Cancriform :: Cancriform (a.) Like a cancer; cancerous.
Mormal :: Mormal (n.) A bad sore; a gangrene; a cancer.
Scirrhus :: Scirrhus (n.) A cancerous tumor which is hard, translucent, of a gray or bluish color, and emits a creaking sound when incised..
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..
Epithelial :: Epithelial (a.) Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells; epithelial cancer..
Rodent :: Rodent (v. t.) Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.
Cancroid :: Cancroid (a.) Like a cancer; as, a cancroid tumor..
Crab :: Crab (n.) The zodiacal constellation Cancer.
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