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/ˈkænsə/
Etymology
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.
Related words
malignant tumor
malignant neoplastic disease
animal tumours
4th sign of the zodiac
oncoma
malignant growth
cancer
cáncer
Krebs
cancro
καρκίνος
kanker
càncer
cancro
kanser
سرطان
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