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Cancer

Cancer

3 5.1
A person born between June 21 and July 22 with the star sign represented by a crab
  • noun
  • /ˈkænsər/
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  • Many of my friends are Cancers, and we enjoy discussing our shared traits.

We are Cancers, we like to call it.

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Examples

  • But I also have realized that like, girls, like I like a lot of my best friends are Cancer girls, but Cancer boys and I don't mesh.

  • I have always identified strongly with Cancer as my star sign.

  • We are Cancers, we like to call it.

  • I feel like Cancers are going to love this.

  • Good people, Cancers.

  • Cancers and Geminis might have a little more variability.

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  • I have always identified strongly with Cancer because it reflects my personality traits.

  • As a typical Cancer, I value family and emotional connections deeply.

Synonyms

crab
vsCancer
6 7.7

A person born between June 21 and July 22 under the sign Cancer

gives the date range within the sentence without parentheses

Compounds

252 2.7

A serious disease in the breast where abnormal cells grow and form a lump

lung cancer
  • Specialized
72 2.3

A serious lung illness from harmful cell growth often caused by smoking

prostate cancer
  • Specialized
57 2.2

A disease in the prostate where cells grow too much and make a harmful lump

cancer cell
  • Specialized
31 2.5

An abnormal body cell that divides without control and forms a tumor

skin cancer
  • Specialized
30 2.5

A growth of skin cells that can be harmful, often after too much sun

colon cancer
  • Specialized
28 2.7

A harmful growth in the large intestine that can spread to other parts

pancreatic cancer
  • Specialized
24 3.8

A serious disease of the pancreas, the organ behind the stomach, where cells grow without control

A person who had cancer and is now living after it

A treatment that completely removes cancer from the body

cancer drug
  • Specialized
11 3.2

A medicine that treats cancer by killing or stopping cancer cells

liver cancer
  • Specialized
8 2.7

A serious liver disease in which cells grow too fast and form a harmful lump

testicular cancer
  • Specialized
8 2.6

A harmful growth in the testicles that often affects adult men

endometrial cancer
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A cancer that starts in the thin lining of the womb

oral cancer
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A disease in the mouth when harmful cells grow and form a lump often on the lips or tongue

1 3.7

Information about close blood relatives who had cancer

An imaginary line around the Earth about 23 degrees north of the Equator where the sun can be directly overhead

A disease in which the body makes too many white blood cells

Cells in the liver grow out of control and form a dangerous lump

cancer body
  • Specialized
9.1

A small abnormal structure inside certain white blood cells seen in some cancers

Cancer borealis
  • Specialized
9.9

A large red crab called the Jonah crab that lives in deep water off the eastern coast of North America

Cancer irroratus
  • Specialized
9.9

A crab that lives on rocky coasts of eastern North America and is often caught for food

Cancer magister
  • Specialized
8.4

A large crab from the Pacific coast of North America that people eat

A star sign shown by a crab for people born between June 21 and July 22

8.9

A plant like sage with hairy leaves and small purple flowers that grows in the eastern United States

glandular cancer
  • Specialized
4.8

A harmful growth that starts in the body's glands, like the breast or prostate

pure cancer
  • Slang
9.8

Something very harmful that quickly destroys people's trust or energy

preinvasive cancer
  • Specialized
6.0

A group of cancer cells that have not yet grown into deeper tissue or spread to other body parts

trophoblastic cancer
  • Specialized
7.0

A harmful growth in the womb that starts in tissue from pregnancy

9.3

A person at high risk of skin cancer from too much sun

Surface Forms

Cancer singular
Cancers plural

Etymology

Cancer comes from the Latin word cancer meaning 'crab', and people born between June 21 and July 22 are called a Cancer because the zodiac sign for that time is a crab.