Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - cancer
Cancer
cancer
n. 1 a any malignant growth or tumour from an abnormal and uncontrolled division of body cells. b a disease caused by this. 2 an evil influence or corruption spreading uncontrollably. 3 (Cancer) a a constellation, traditionally regarded as contained in the figure of a crab. b the fourth sign of the zodiac (the Crab). c a person born when the sun is in this sign. Phrases and idioms cancer stick sl. a cigarette. Tropic of Cancer see TROPIC. Derivatives Cancerian n. & adj. (in sense 3). cancerous adj. Etymology: ME f. L, = crab, cancer, after Gk karkinos
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin (genitive Cancri), literally, crab; akin to Greek karkinos crab, ~ Date: 14th century 1. capitalized a northern zodiacal constellation between Gemini and Leo, b. the fourth sign of the zodiac in astrology, one born under the sign of Cancer, 2. Latin, crab, ~] a malignant tumor of potentially unlimited growth that expands locally by invasion and systemically by metastasis, an abnormal bodily state marked by such tumors, something evil or malignant that spreads destructively , 4. an enlarged tumorlike plant growth (as that of crown gall), a plant disease marked by such growths, ~ous adjective ~ously adverb ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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