cancer : Idioms & Phrases

• noun cancer of the breast; one of the most common malignancies in women in the US
  

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• noun an inclusion body found in plasma cells in cases of cancer
  Russell's body.
  

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• noun large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America
  Jonah crab.
  

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• noun a cell that is part of a malignant tumor
  cancer cell.
  

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• noun a cell that is part of a malignant tumor
  cancer cell.
  

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• cells once believed to be peculiar to cancers, but now know to be epithelial cells differing in no respect from those found elsewhere in the body, and distinguished only by peculiarity of location and grouping.

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• noun any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function
  antineoplastic; antineoplastic drug.
  

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• noun crab of eastern coast of North America
  rock crab.
  

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• noun a milky substance found in certain cancerous growths
  

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• noun small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America
  Dungeness crab.
  

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• noun malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer
  leucaemia; leukemia; leukaemia.
  

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• noun malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort
  cancer of the liver.
  

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• (Bot.), the name of several low plants, mostly parasitic on roots, as the beech drops, the squawroot, etc.

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• noun the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
  Crab; Cancer.
  

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• noun sage of eastern United States
  cancerweed; Salvia lyrata.
  

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• noun a malignant tumor of the colon; early symptom is bloody stools
  

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• (Med.), a very malignant form of cancer of brainlike consistency. See under Cancer.

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• noun cancer of the uterine lining
  endometrial carcinoma.
  

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• noun type genus of the family Cancridae
  Cancer.
  

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• noun malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium
  glandular carcinoma; adenocarcinoma.
  

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• etc. See under Cancer, Case, etc.

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• noun malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort
  cancer of the liver.
  

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• noun carcinoma of the lungs; one of the commonest forms of cancer
  

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• noun malignant neoplasm of the lips of mouth; most common in men over the age of 60
  

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• noun cancer of the pancreas
  

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• noun a cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue or spread to other parts of the body
  carcinoma in situ.
  

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• noun cancer of the prostate gland
  prostatic adenocarcinoma.
  

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• noun a malignant neoplasm of the skin
  

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• noun malignant tumor of the testis; usually occurring in older men
  seminoma.
  

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• noun malignant neoplasm of the uterus derived from the epithelium of the chorion
  

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• noun a line of latitude about 23 degrees to the north of the equator
  

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• . See Tropic.

Webster 1913