Cancer

Noun

 * 1)  A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.

Adjectives for Cancer
malignant; hereditary; inoperable.

Verbs for Cancer
ascribe to—; control—; detect—; diagnose—; discover—; engraft—; examine for—; excise—; indicate—; lecture on—; localize—; recognize—; reveal—; sacrifice to—; suffer from—; suspect—; treat for—; —advances; —appears; —courses through; —develops; —disables; —eats away; —extends; —lodges; —lurks; —results; —spreads.

Synonyms

 * growth, malignancy, neoplasia

Hyponyms

 * tumor
 * leukaemia, leukemia

Derived terms

 * bowel cancer
 * breast cancer
 * colon cancer
 * leukemia
 * testicular cancer


 * lung cancer
 * prostate cancer
 * ovarian cancer
 * skin cancer
 * cervical cancer

Related terms

 * Cancer
 * cancerous
 * canker
 * precancerous

Thesaurus
benign tumor, blast, blight, callosity, callus, canker, carcinoma, corn, cyst, dry rot, excrescence, fungosity, fungus, growth, intumescence, malignant growth, metastatic tumor, mildew, mold, mole, morbid growth, moth, moth and rust, must, neoplasm, nevus, nonmalignant tumor, outgrowth, pest, proud flesh, rot, rust, sarcoma, smut, tumor, verruca, wart, wen, worm

Etymology
From cancer:, from  καρκίνος (karkinos "crab"); applied to cancerous tumors because the enlarged veins resembled the legs of a crab.