Antonyms for cancer
ˈkæn sər; ˈkæŋ krican·cer

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cancernoun

   Antonyms:
   Capricornus

   Synonyms:
   Cancerian

2. Cancernoun

   A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab.

   Antonyms:
   Capricornus

   Synonyms:
   malignancy, growth, neoplasia, Cancerian

3. Cancernoun

   Antonyms:
   Capricornus

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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, 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 WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cancernoun

   Synonyms:
   carcinoma, carcinosis

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

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

How to use cancer in a sentence?

1. Lisa Richardson:

   The increases are not in every age group, the thing that seems to drive breast cancer is total exposure to estrogen over a lifetime.

2. Ziad Abu Zayyad:

   If you have cancer, do you think that Advil can help you? it can be a pain relief for a short while, but it will not cure you. You need real medicine to cure you, and the real medicine here is the end of the occupation.

3. Ian Thompson Jr.:

   If a man has a slow-growing prostate cancer and opts to just watch it, it's still a nuisance with multiple office visits, blood tests, and repeated prostate biopsies.

4. Ketan Badani:

   This is a big proportion of men who may not need treatment for that type of cancer.

5. Julie Nangia:

   If you have a family history, you are more likely to develop breast cancer, and young women are also more likely to develop a more aggressive type of breast cancer.

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