cancer

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Hyponyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Related terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.3.6 See also 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 Latin 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Inflection 4 Swedish 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin cancer (“‘crab’”). Applied to cancerous tumors because the enlarged veins resembled the legs of a crab.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈkænsə/
• (Aus) IPA: /ˈkæːnsə/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈkænsɚ/
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  Rhymes: -ænsə(r)

[edit] Noun

cancer (plural cancers)

1. (medicine, oncology, pathology) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.

[edit] Synonyms

• (a disease): growth, malignancy

[edit] Hyponyms

• tumor
• leukaemia, leukemia

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Related terms

• Cancer
• cancerous
• canker
• precancerous

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[edit] See also

• malignant

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[edit] French

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[edit] Noun

cancer m. (plural cancers)

1. cancer

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[edit] Latin

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cancer (genitive cancrī); m, second declension

1. a crab
2. a tumor, cancer
3. lattice, grid, or barrier

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Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	cancer	cancrī
genitive	cancrī	cancrōrum
dative	cancrō	cancrīs
accusative	cancrum	cancrōs
ablative	cancrō	cancrīs
vocative	cancer	cancrī

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[edit] Swedish

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for cancer	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cancer	cancern	cancrar	cancrarna
Genitive	cancers	cancerns	cancrars	cancrarnas

cancer c.

1. (medicine, oncology, pathology) cancer