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.

Concepten

kanker

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kreeft (sterrenbeeld)

lymfoom

mondkanker

carcinoom

kankergezwel

lymfkliergezwel

kreeft

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Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

cancer

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Krebs

cáncer

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cancro

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καρκίνος

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

cancer

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càncer

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈkænsə/

Etymologie (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.

Zinnen

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

Het voorstel dat honden kanker kunnen detecteren, trokken wijdverbreide dekking in de algemene media aan.