cancerous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From cancer + -ous, from Latin cancer (“crab; tumor, cancer”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈkænsəɹəs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective[edit]
cancerous (comparative more cancerous, superlative most cancerous)
- (oncology) Relating to or affected with cancer.
- 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 368:
- On Sunday at five they operated to remove the cancerous kidney.
- (figuratively) Growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm.
- (slang) Extremely unpleasant; detestable.
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Translations[edit]
relating to or affected with cancer
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growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm
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