/ˈkænsə/
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Translation
A serious illness in which bad cells grow inside the body and spread to other parts.
Word origin
From Latin cancer, "crab". Ancient doctors thought the swollen veins around a tumour looked like the legs of a crab.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- cancer
Grammar
Gender
Pluralcancers
Examples
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"Cancer" is the name of the illness.
Smoking .
Here "cancer" names the illness in one part of the body.
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"Cancers" is the plural, used for the different kinds.
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