Masculine
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cancro
- (masculine) cancer
- (figuratively, masculine) cancer
Frequency
Hyphenated as
càn‧cro
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkan.kro/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cancrum. Compare the doublet granchio (“crab”), inherited through a Vulgar Latin diminutive form.
Related words
tumore maligno
crescita cancerosa
cance
tumori degli animali
carcinomata
meoplasm maligno
neoplasm maligno
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