cancerous
English
Etymology
From cancer + -ous, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cancer (“crab; tumor, cancer”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
cancerous (comparative more cancerous, superlative most cancerous)
- (oncology) Relating to or affected with cancer.
- Growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm.
- Extremely unpleasant; detestable.
Antonyms
Related terms
Translations
relating to or affected with cancer
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growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm
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