Synonyms for Cancer
ˈkæn sər; ˈkæŋ krican·cer

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1. cancernoun

   Synonyms:
   Cancerian

   Antonyms:
   Capricornus

2. Cancernoun

   A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab.

   Synonyms:
   malignancy, growth, neoplasia, Cancerian

   Antonyms:
   Capricornus

3. Cancernoun

   Antonyms:
   Capricornus

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cancer, malignant neoplastic diseasenoun

   any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream

   Synonyms:
   malignant neoplastic disease, cancer, genus Cancer

2. Cancer, Crabnoun

   (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer

   Synonyms:
   crab louse, malignant neoplastic disease, crabby person, crabmeat, genus Cancer, pubic louse

3. Cancernoun

   a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini

   Synonyms:
   malignant neoplastic disease, genus Cancer

4. Cancer, Cancer the Crab, Crabnoun

   the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22

   Synonyms:
   crab louse, malignant neoplastic disease, crabby person, crabmeat, genus Cancer, pubic louse

5. Cancer, genus Cancernoun

   type genus of the family Cancridae

   Synonyms:
   malignant neoplastic disease, genus Cancer

Matched Categories

1. • Arthropod Genus
   • Astrology
   • Constellation
   • Person
   • Sign
   • Zodiac

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cancernoun

   Synonyms:
   carcinoma, carcinosis

   Associated words:
   cancerate, canceration, cancerous, cancriform, cancroid, solanoid

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "cancer":

   cancers, krebs, rak, anticancer, oncology, carcinoma, tumor

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cancer

   Synonyms:
   Cancer and malignancy are used interchangeably; cancer is somewhat colloquial; malignancy is relatively formal
   

2. cancer

   Synonyms:
   Malignancy

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1. Amy DeGroff:

   CDC encourages health care professionals to help minimize delays in testing by continuing routine cancer screening for women having symptoms or at high risk for breast or cervical cancer, the Early Detection Program can help women overcome barriers to health equity by educating them about the importance of routine screening, addressing their concerns about COVID-19 transmission, and helping them to safely access screening through interventions like patient navigation.

2. Amy Klobuchar:

   Of course this has been scary at times, since cancer is the word all of us fear.

3. Jonathan Parsons:

   It’s pretty rare to have an isolated cough as the only symptom to herald a lung cancer, if you really did have lung cancer, it’s unlikely that you are going to be coughing with no other symptoms for more than 8 weeks—you’re going to develop other things.

4. Patrick Gore:

   Even though Charlie Capalbo was n’t feeling well, I know Charlie Capalbo never used it as an excuse ; Charlie Capalbo wanted to be on the ice and give Charlie Capalbo best effort, charlie Capalbo’s got that fighting mentality, that will-to-win mentality. Capalbo’s mother told the news outlet she suspects her son was downplaying his symptoms so he could continue to represent his team on the ice. After losing in the state tournament, Charlie Capalbo returned to the initial physician’s office, and Charlie Capalbo father, Anthony, demanded blood work and a chest X-ray for his son, the CT Post reported. CANCER RESEARCHER-TURNED-PATIENT STARTS FACEBOOK GROUP TO TACKLE COMPLEX WORLD OF CLINICAL TRIALS The tests detected a large mass growing in Capalbo’s chest, and the next day Charlie Capalbo arrived at Yale-New Haven Hospital for a series of tests to determine whether the cancer had spread and to formulate a 32-month treatment plan, according to the report.

5. John Rusche:

   It certainly will lower the UV exposure among pre-teens and early teens and reinforce for parents that they really shouldn't be having kids exposed to cancer-causing radiation.