cancer

Etymology
Borrowed from, a (possibly cognate), applied to cancerous tumors because the enlarged veins resembled the legs of a crab. .

Noun

 * 1)  A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
 * 2)  Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.
 * 1)  Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.
 * 1)  Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.
 * 1)  Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.

Hyponyms

 * See also: Derived terms denoting types
 * See also: Derived terms denoting types
 * See also: Derived terms denoting types
 * See also: Derived terms denoting types
 * See also: Derived terms denoting types
 * See also: Derived terms denoting types
 * See also: Derived terms denoting types

Coordinate terms

 * benign tumor
 * benign neoplasm
 * benign neoplasia

Derived terms

 * cancerwort ( spp.)

Descendants

 * Punjabi:
 * Punjabi:

Adjective

 * 1)  Extremely unpleasant and annoying.

Etymology
Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1)  Cancer
 * 2) Cancer someone with a Cancer star sign
 * 1) Cancer someone with a Cancer star sign

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  cancer

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  disease
 * 2)  Something perceived as bad.

Etymology
., which was inherited, and.

Etymology
From, dissimilation of (because the pincers of a crab form a circle), from , reduplication of  in the sense of "enclosure", and as such a  of. Cognate with. The medical sense, found in Celsus, seems likely to be a, which is possibly cognate.

Noun

 * 1) a crab
 * 2)  the constellation Cancer
 * 3) a tumor,
 * 4) a lattice, grid, or barrier
 * 1) a lattice, grid, or barrier

Declension

 * In classical Latin, usually declined as a masculine second-declension noun with the stem cancro-.
 * Third-declension forms built on a stem cancer- also existed, but were much less frequent. Attested forms include:
 * genitive singular (Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 5.617)
 * accusative plural (Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 157.3.4)
 * The grammarians Charisius and Priscian describe a use as a neuter noun, with Priscian specifying that this applies when the word is used for the illness; the neuter occurs sporadically in later Christian authors.

Descendants
Learned borrowings:

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) crab
 * 1) crab

Etymology
, from.