cancerous

English

Etymology

From , from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cancer (“crab; tumor, cancer”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /kænsəɹəs/

Adjective

cancerous (comparative more cancerous, superlative most cancerous)

1. (oncology) Relating to or affected with cancer.
2. Growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm.
3. Extremely unpleasant; detestable.

Antonyms

• noncancerous

Related terms

• cancer
• precancerous

Translations

relating to or affected with cancer

• Arabic: سَرَطَانِيّ (saraṭāniyy)
• Catalan: cancerós
• Czech: rakovinný
• Finnish: syöpäinen (fi)
• French: cancéreux (fr)
• German: krebsig
• Irish: ailseach
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• Italian: canceroso (it)
• Norman: chancreux
• Portuguese: canceroso (pt)
• Romanian: canceros (ro)
• Russian: ра́ковый (ru) (rákovyj)
• Spanish: canceroso
• Turkish: kanserli (tr)

growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm

• Russian: злока́чественный (ru) (zlokáčestvennyj)
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