Cancername/ˈkænsə/

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  astronomynatural-sciencesA constellation of the zodiac traditionally figured in the shape of a crab.

  • And add more coals to Cancer when he burns / With entertaining great Hyperion.
  • Cancer was occupied by a scarab in Egypt, so the general shape of animal may have been suggested by Praesepe.
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  astrologyhuman-sciencesmysticismThe zodiac sign for the crab, ruled by the Moon and covering June 22–July 22 (tropical astrology) or July 16–August 15 (sidereal astrology).

Cancernoun/ˈkænsə/

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  Someone with a Cancer star sign.

  • ‘All right, so what are Cancers apart from sad, then?’ Lizzie asked.

cancernoun/ˈkænsə/

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  medicineoncologypathologyA disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (often rapid) proliferation.

  • She's ill. She's dying. She has cancer of the pancreas, stomach, just about everywhere... She's been dying for about six years now. We're getting used to it.
  • If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the[…]hazards of gasoline cars: air and water pollution, noise and noxiousness, constant coughing and the undeniable rise in cancers caused by smoke exhaust particulates.
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  Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.

  • I began by telling the President that there was a cancer growing on the Presidency, and if the cancer was not removed, the President himself would be killed by it.
  • The disease of the self runs through my blood; It's a cancer fatal to my soul.

canceradj/ˈkænsə/

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  vulgaroffensiveslangExtremely unpleasant and annoying.

  • I used to love this game, but the new meta is straight up cancer.