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Cancer   /kˈænsər/   Listen
Cancer

noun
1.
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.  Synonym: malignant neoplastic disease.
2.
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer.  Synonym: Crab.
3.
A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini.
4.
The fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22.  Synonyms: Cancer the Crab, Crab.
5.
Type genus of the family Cancridae.  Synonym: genus Cancer.



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"Cancer" Quotes from Famous Books



... had to enlarge the Thrums cemetery twice; so it can matter not at all to him, and but little to me, what you who read think of him. All his life children ran from him. He was the dourest, the most unlovable man in Thrums. But may my right hand wither, and may my tongue be cancer-bitten, and may my mind be gone into a dry rot, before I forget what he did for me ...
— The Little Minister • J.M. Barrie

... that,' said he, calmly, 'I only see that I haven't found him yet. If a woman has a cancer, doctor, you don't know it the moment you shake hands with her, do ye? So with me and my patients. Now let's think a bit, and if you don't object, I'll ...
— The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon • Josephine Daskam Bacon

... only what I expected to use for my own party. If I had given them all they wanted, our little stock would have been exhausted on the first day; but in order to soften my heart they would send me molasses, sugar-cane, and similar delicacies. One poor old woman who was suffering from cancer even offered me her donkey if I would cure her—an offer in a way equivalent to a Wall Street magnate's millions, for the donkey was her ...
— Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) • Carl Lumholtz

... mind uncertainty Is but a mental sore, which cancer like, Doth spread its roots until the surgeon's knife With sharp incision shall the curse remove. So must I cross the Rubicon and strike The foe in parts most vulnerable. Caesar, from the deep cavern of his mind, Hath fashioned, with a statesman's ready hand, A plan which we must now inaugurate, ...
— 'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts • Spokeshave (AKA Old Fogy)

... be very ill to leave her husband entirely alone. Poor woman! Is she likely to get well? What is it? Something gastric? A cancer?"—"She has grown perfectly yellow. She ought to consult some celebrated doctor in Paris."—"How can she be happy without a child? They say she loves her husband; then why not give him an heir?—in his position, too!"—"Do you know, ...
— Eugenie Grandet • Honore de Balzac


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