Cancer

Definition:

  • (n.) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab, etc. See Crab.
  • (n.) The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence, the sign of the summer solstice. See Tropic.
  • (n.) A northern constellation between Gemini and Leo.
  • (n.) Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework.

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aids vs. cancer

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cancer vs. proliferation

cancer vs. tissue

cancer vs. cell

cancer vs. disease

cancer vs. emphysema

cancer vs. cyst

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cancer vs. tumor