What is another word for cancer?
Synonyms for cancer
ˈkæn sər; ˈkæŋ krican·cer
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Wiktionary
cancernoun
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CancerianAntonyms:
CapricornusCancernoun
A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab.
Synonyms:
malignancy, growth, neoplasia, CancerianAntonyms:
CapricornusCancernoun
Antonyms:
Capricornus
Princeton's WordNet
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 CancerCancer, 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 louseCancernoun
a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini
Synonyms:
malignant neoplastic disease, genus CancerCancer, 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 louseCancer, genus Cancernoun
type genus of the family Cancridae
Synonyms:
malignant neoplastic disease, genus Cancer
Matched Categories
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
cancernoun
Synonyms:
carcinoma, carcinosisAssociated words:
cancerate, canceration, cancerous, cancriform, cancroid, solanoid
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
cancer
Synonyms:
Cancer and malignancy are used interchangeably; cancer is somewhat colloquial; malignancy is relatively formalcancer
Synonyms:
Malignancy
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1009 | growth | |
#1244 | cancer | |
#7688 | tumor | |
#11157 | oncology | |
#13165 | carcinoma | |
#14598 | cancers | |
#39797 | krebs | |
#41566 | malignancy | |
#51306 | anticancer | |
#54906 | neoplasia | |
#56312 | rak | |
#81558 | crabmeat |
How to use cancer in a sentence?
It's very rare that you see a material that is a true platform technology, meaning the same material can be used in cancer imaging, to make TVs, in security inks and in solar cells. That's unusual.
The thing that seems to drive breast cancer is total exposure to estrogen over a lifetime.
We think this cancer will spread throughout the North Sea, we are totally opposed to the introduction of three on, three off.
This is our family’s story, but it’s really the story of every family unfortunate enough to have a child with cancer, this horrible disease impacts not just the children but all those that love them. Our hope is that as many people as possible can see 1095 — and be moved to help — so we can continue to raise awareness, improve treatment and one day find a cure.
The remaining 5% who can afford it visit cancer hospitals across India.
Translations for cancer
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- kankerAfrikaans
- cáncerAragonese
- سرطانArabic
- xərçəngAzerbaijani
- ракBelarusian
- ракBulgarian
- ক্যান্সারBengali
- càncerCatalan, Valencian
- rakovinaCzech
- cancrWelsh
- kræftDanish
- KrebsGerman
- καρκίνοςGreek
- kanceroEsperanto
- cáncerSpanish
- vähktõbiEstonian
- minbiziBasque
- سرطان, نج, خرچنگPersian
- syöpäFinnish
- krabbamein, krabbiFaroese
- cancerFrench
- ailseIrish
- aillseScottish Gaelic
- cancro, cáncerGalician
- kanghyrManx
- סרטןHebrew
- कर्कट, कैंसरHindi
- rákHungarian
- քաղցկեղArmenian
- kankerIndonesian
- kanceroIdo
- krabbi, krabbameinIcelandic
- cancroItalian
- 癌Japanese
- კიბოGeorgian
- កង់ស៊ែរKhmer
- 암Korean
- سهرهتانKurdish
- cancerLatin
- ມະເຮັງLao
- vėžysLithuanian
- vēzisLatvian
- pukupuku, mate pukupukuMāori
- ракMacedonian
- хорт хавдарMongolian
- kanser, barahMalay
- ကင်ဆာရောဂါBurmese
- kreftNorwegian
- kankerDutch
- kreftNorwegian Nynorsk
- cancerNorwegian
- naałdzid, łóód doo nádziihiiNavajo, Navaho
- càncerOccitan
- nowotwór złośliwyPolish
- câncerPortuguese
- cancerRomanian
- злокачественная опухоль, ракRussian
- rak, ракSerbo-Croatian
- rakSlovak
- rakSlovene
- kansarSomali
- kancerAlbanian
- cancerSwedish
- sarataniSwahili
- புற்றுநோய்Tamil
- కాన్సర్Telugu
- саратонTajik
- มะเร็งThai
- kanserTurkish
- ракUkrainian
- ung thưVietnamese
- יענע מעשׂה, עמעסע מעשׂה, ראַקYiddish
- 癌症Chinese
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