cancerous
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4.3
- adjective
- /ˈkænsərəs/
:
canceroso
- In fact, this procedure identifies cancerous cells only 70 percent of the time they are present.
- cancerous cells
- cancerous lesions
- cancerous tumor
Basically, they took a sample of her cancerous cells and decided to use it.
- Basically, they took a sample of her cancerous cells and decided to use it.
- They will put me under anesthesia, remove any retained tissue that could potentially be cancerous and send it to pathology.
- So if a stem cell turns on some of its capacities at inappropriate times and places, it can easily become cancerous.
- But the point is that these these processes evolved so that you wouldn't get an aberrant cell that would become cancerous.
- Or maybe this is trying to show what a cell with a cancerous mutations like find out.
- And it was and it was cancerous.
- So what's the hope in terms of tumors associated with cancerous tumors?
- And he was like, we might need to get this operated on, taken out of your head and and checked for a tumor, some cancerous.
- So did did all the shit that I calls trigger the cancerous cells in my dad?
Examples
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I'm worried that this mole is cancerous.
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They found a cancerous tumor the size of a baseball, on his femur.
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My body is not strong enough to fight cancerous cells.
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Basically, they took a sample of her cancerous cells and decided to use it.
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Some will prevent forms of cancer outright, while others will help keep cancerous growth in check.
Academic text (2012) -
The aim is to stop the cancerous cells from multiplying and to kill them.
Academic text (2010) -
Initially, it was not known with certainty whether the large growth was cancerous, but doctors clearly suspected the worst.
Academic text (2014) -
On Monday, he received the bad news that the large polyp, removed two days earlier, was cancerous.
Academic text (2014) -
The good news is, Devin, if we can remove all of this cancerous growth, we may be able to prevent it from spreading to your brain.
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I'm worried that this mole is cancerous.
Synonyms
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7.2
A dangerous disease or tumor that grows, spreads, and can threaten life
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9.4
Relating to a new abnormal growth in the body often seen in cancer
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7.5
Having an abnormal growth of body cells or being overgrown and harmful
Relating to a cancer that begins in the thin cells covering organs and skin
Relating to a cancer that starts in gland cells
Relating to a sarcoma, a cancer in bone and muscle
An area of the body that has a lump
Damaged inside and slowly spreading to destroy nearby parts
Antonyms
How Cancerous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cancerous comes from the old Latin word cancer, which means 'crab'. Ancient doctors thought tumours looked like a crab's legs, so cancerous describes growths that spread into and damage the body.