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Synonyms for cancer
ˈkæn sər; ˈkæŋ krican·cer

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  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 WordNet5.0 / 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, 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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cancernoun

    Synonyms:
    carcinoma, carcinosis

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "cancer":

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

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 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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How to use cancer in a sentence?

  1. Cortez Masto:

    Senator Reid is no stranger to a fight. Senator Reid beat Senator Reid opponents in the boxing ring, took on the mob in Nevada, and moved bills in the Senate that no one believed could be done, senator Reid'll beat cancer too. I wish Senator Reid a speedy and successful recovery.

  2. Neal Barnard:

    The study made the determination based on what it called sufficient evidence from epidemiological studies that eating processed meat causes colorectal cancer. A generation ago, America tackled tobacco. It took time and a lot of arm-twisting, but eventually cigarettes were banned from airports, restaurants, hospitals, and even the teachers' lounge in every school in the country, Dr. Neal Barnard, founder and president of PCRM said in aninterview with Vice.Today, the issue is food. Neal Barnard, who earned Neal Barnard M.D. from George Washington University, argues for a variety of policy changes including implementing plant-based diets and ending animal-based research. Scientifically, there is no argument. Everybody knows we should n’t be serving this stuff to children.

  3. Amanda Whatley:

    This is not an angry video. My husband is still on active duty.This is our lifeblood, the motivating factor is how many children have been diagnosed with cancer, and since the video was published … the number is up to 13.

  4. Rosa Espana:

    Until there's a good cancer prevention campaign focused on the Guna, or a dermatology center there, the problem is going to keep getting worse for the Guna albinos.

  5. Axel Heidenreich:

    The significant age difference, however, raises the question if (privately insured) patients have better access to the healthcare system in terms of early detection of prostate cancer as compared to the Medicare patients.


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