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ALL meanings of cancer

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  • uncountable noun cancer Cancer is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a crab. People who are born approximately between the 21st of June and the 22nd of July come under this sign. 3
  • countable noun cancer A Cancer is a person whose sign of the zodiac is Cancer. 3
  • variable noun cancer Cancer is a serious disease in which cells in a person's body increase rapidly in an uncontrolled way, producing abnormal growths. 3
  • noun cancer any type of malignant growth or tumour, caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division: it may spread through the lymphatic system or blood stream to other parts of the body 3
  • noun cancer the condition resulting from this 3
  • noun cancer an evil influence that spreads dangerously 3
  • noun cancer a small faint zodiacal constellation in the N hemisphere, lying between Gemini and Leo on the ecliptic and containing the star cluster Praesepe 3
  • noun cancer the fourth sign of the zodiac, symbol ♋, having a cardinal water classification and ruled by the moon. The sun is in this sign between about June 21 and July 22 3
  • noun cancer a person born during a period when the sun is in this sign 3
  • adjective cancer born under or characteristic of Cancer 3
  • noun cancer a N constellation between Gemini and Leo; the Crab 3
  • noun cancer the fourth sign of the zodiac, entered by the sun about June 21 3
  • noun cancer a person born under this sign 3
  • noun cancer a malignant new growth anywhere in the body of a person or animal; malignant tumor: cancers tend to spread locally and to distant parts of the body 3
  • noun cancer any of various diseases characterized by the uncontrolled growth of cells that disrupt body tissue, metabolism, etc. 3
  • noun cancer anything bad or harmful that spreads and destroys 3
  • noun cancer disease 1
  • noun cancer growing bad thing 1
  • noun cancer The disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body. 1
  • noun cancer (medicine, oncology, pathology) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation. 0
  • noun cancer (figuratively) Something which spreads within something else, damaging the latter. 0
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