cancerous
English edit
Etymology edit
From cancer + -ous, from Latin cancer (“crab; tumor, cancer”).
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Adjective edit
cancerous (comparative more cancerous, superlative most cancerous)
- (oncology) Relating to or affected with cancer.
- 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 368:
- On Sunday at five they operated to remove the cancerous kidney.
- (figuratively) Growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm.
- (slang) Extremely unpleasant; detestable.
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Translations edit
relating to or affected with cancer
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growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm
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