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cancer

Definitions


[ˈkansə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body
(e.g: he's got cancer)

- an evil or destructive practice or phenomenon that is hard to contain or eradicate
(e.g: gambling is a cancer sweeping across the nation)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from Latin, ‘crab’, also denoting various diseases, related to Greek karkinos in the same senses, said to have been applied to such tumours because the swollen veins around them resembled the limbs of a crab. canker was the usual form until the 17th century. Compare with Cancer


[ˈkansə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a constellation (the Crab), said to represent a crab crushed under the foot of Hercules. It contains the globular star cluster of Praesepe or the Beehive

- the fourth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters at the northern summer solstice (about 21 June)

- a person born when the sun is in the sign of Cancer


Phrases:

Origin:
Anglo-Norman French and Latin, ‘crab’. Cancri is the Latin genitive form of Cancer
Anglo-Norman French and Latin, ‘crab’. Cancri is the Latin genitive form of Cancer


[ˈkansə], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- used with preceding Greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation Cancer
(e.g: the star Delta Cancri)


Phrases:

Origin:
Anglo-Norman French and Latin, ‘crab’. Cancri is the Latin genitive form of Cancer




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