càncer

See also: cancer, Cancer, cáncer, Cáncer, cancèr, câncer, and Câncer

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cancer (“crab”), from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”); applied to cancerous tumors because the enlarged veins resembled the legs of a crab. Doublet of cranc, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˌkanˈse]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌkanˈseɾ]

Noun

càncer m (plural càncers)

1. cancer (a disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled proliferation)

Derived terms

• càncer de mama (“breast cancer”)

Related terms

• cancerós

Further reading

• “càncer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “càncer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “càncer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “càncer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• cancèr

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cancer (“crab”), from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

càncer m (plural càncers)

1. cancer (a disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled proliferation)