cancer

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

cancro

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granchio

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Cancro

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carcinoma

cancer

neoplasmi

neuroblastoma

tumori degli animali

linfoma

oncologia

crescita di cellule maligne

tumore maligno

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

cancer

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Krebs

cáncer

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kanker

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καρκίνος

càncer

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cancro

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câncer

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kanser

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Karzinom

سرطان

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cancer

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càncer

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkænsə/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.

Frasi

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

La proposta che i cani possono rilevare il cancro hanno attratto una copertura diffusa nei media generali.