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Definition of cancer

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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..

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Cancriform :: Cancriform (a.) Like a cancer; cancerous.

Cancerated :: Cancerated (imp. & p. p.) of Cancerat.

Cancerate :: Cancerate (v. i.) To grow into a canser; to become cancerous.

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..

Leo :: Leo (n.) A northern constellation east of Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle..

Carcinoma :: Carcinoma (n.) A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer..

Canceration :: Canceration (n.) The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer.

Carcinosys :: Carcinosys (n.) The affection of the system with cancer.

Rodent :: Rodent (v. t.) Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.

Cancer :: Cancer (n.) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab, etc. See Crab..

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

Epithelioma :: Epithelioma (n.) A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called also epithelial cancer.

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.) 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..

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..

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..

Colloid :: Colloid (n.) A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer.

Cancroid :: Cancroid (a.) Like a cancer; as, a cancroid tumor..

Cancerite :: Cancerite (n.) Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with 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..