cancer
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- noun
- /ˈkænsər/
- The doctor explained that cancer occurs when cells grow uncontrollably in the body.
- breast cancer
- prostate cancer
- lung cancer
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- A business owner, a veteran with cancer from the burn pits.
- We've all known people have died of cancer or have had cancer.
- And this applies not just to cancer, but to all diseases.
- Does that increase my risk of cancer or other long term diseases?
- So she had this unique form of cancer called CLL.
- When my mom was just diagnosed with cancer, that was hard.
- The next set of lectures deals with cancer as an evolutionary process.
- If I had cancer, you're not going to catch cancer from me.
- Men are are dying of heart disease and cancer more than women.
Examples
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She died of breast cancer.
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We've all known people have died of cancer or have had cancer.
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You cannot love a cancer patient to health.
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We were in the same cancer support group.
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You lost a daughter to cancer.
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Throughout multiple battles with cancer, she never stopped working.
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Does that increase my risk of cancer or other long term diseases?
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer in both China and the United States.
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He got cancer after his release from prison.
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Radiotherapy can be used to destroy the cancer cells and cause the tumor to shrink.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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2.7
A serious disease in the breast where abnormal cells grow and form a lump
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2.3
A serious lung illness from harmful cell growth often caused by smoking
36
7.2
A cancer that starts in the body's lymph tissue and often makes lymph nodes swell
35
2.7
A harmful growth in the large intestine that can spread to other parts
34
4.9
A dangerous skin cancer that often starts in a dark mole and can spread
24
3.8
A serious disease of the pancreas, the organ behind the stomach, where cells grow without control
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5.8
A cancer that starts in the skin or inner layer of organs
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4.6
A serious cancer that makes too many abnormal white blood cells
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5.0
A group of harmful cells that grow and spread in the body
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8.0
Cancer cells that grow without control and can destroy nearby tissue
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A cancer in the bone marrow that makes too many abnormal blood cells
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9.6
A cancer that starts in the cells of body glands
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3.3
Cells in the liver grow out of control and form a dangerous lump
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5.1
A cancerous growth that has spread from another part of the body
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3.8
A disease in which the body makes too many white blood cells
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5.2
A cancer that grows into nearby tissue and can spread to other parts of the body
A harmful growth of body cells that can spread to other parts
Antonyms
Compounds
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2.3
A serious lung illness from harmful cell growth often caused by smoking
- Specialized
62
2.2
A disease in the prostate where cells grow too much and make a harmful lump
- Specialized
35
2.7
A harmful growth in the large intestine that can spread to other parts
- Specialized
24
3.8
A serious disease of the pancreas, the organ behind the stomach, where cells grow without control
- Specialized
12
2.7
A serious liver disease in which cells grow too fast and form a harmful lump
- Specialized
3
3.7
A disease in the mouth when harmful cells grow and form a lump often on the lips or tongue
1
4.4
An imaginary line around the Earth about 23 degrees north of the Equator where the sun can be directly overhead
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1
4.8
A harmful growth that starts in the body's glands, like the breast or prostate
- Specialized
1
9.1
A small abnormal structure inside certain white blood cells seen in some cancers
- Specialized
A large red crab called the Jonah crab that lives in deep water off the eastern coast of North America
- Specialized
A crab that lives on rocky coasts of eastern North America and is often caught for food
- Specialized
A large crab from the Pacific coast of North America that people eat
- US
A plant like sage with hairy leaves and small purple flowers that grows in the eastern United States
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A group of cancer cells that have not yet grown into deeper tissue or spread to other body parts
- Specialized
A harmful growth in the womb that starts in tissue from pregnancy
How Serious
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5.1
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8.0
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7.4
- Specialized
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5.8
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word cancer comes from an old Greek word karkinos that meant 'crab' because early doctors thought a hard lump with dark veins looked like a crab's legs. So cancer now means a disease that grows and can spread through the body.