Significat (Anglès)

Conceptes

Freqüència

B1
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈkænsə/
Etimologia (Anglès)

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.

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