syöpä

Etymology 1
An archaic active present participle form of the verb. lit. 'that which eats', so called because the disease was once believed to be caused by a worm that eats the body from inside. Compare the archaic synonyms and.

Noun

 * 1)  cancer
 * 2)  cancer, corruption, rot
 * 1)  cancer, corruption, rot
 * 1)  cancer, corruption, rot

Related terms

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 * verbs:

Etymology 2
From.