cancer

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.

Adj

Extremely unpleasant and annoying.

Sinonieme

carcinoma

neoplasm

malignant tumor

sore

malignancy

malignant neoplastic disease

tumor

tumour

canker

crab

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metastasis

neoplasms

oncological

oncology

summer solstice

ulcer

wound

neuroblastoma

carcinosis

animal tumours

4th sign of the zodiac

oncoma

phyma

carcinomatosis

change

epithelioma

evil

grotto

lymphoma

malignancies

malignant growth

melanoma

Vertalings

cancer

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cáncer

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Krebs

cancro

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καρκίνος

kanker

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càncer

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cancro

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kanser

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câncer

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سرطان

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Karzinom

càncer

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkænsə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Latin cancer (“crab”), a calque of Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab; ulcer; cancer”) (possibly cognate), applied to cancerous tumors because the enlarged veins resembled the legs of a crab. Doublet of canker and chancre.

Sinne

The proposal that dogs can detect cancer attracted widespread coverage in the general media .