cancerous
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cancerous
- /ˈkænsəɹəs/
Where it comes from
From Middle English cancerous, from Latin cancerōsus, from cancer (“crab; tumor, cancer”) + -ōsus (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, cancer + -ous.
adjective more cancerous · most cancerous
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Relating to or affected with cancer.
On Sunday at five they operated to remove the cancerous kidney.
Opposite: noncancerous
- Growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm.
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Extremely unpleasant; detestable.
I love this show, but the fanbase is so toxic and cancerous.
Similar: AIDS, cancer, pure cancer
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: carcinogenic, malignant, cancerological, oncological, oncologic, carcinomic, precancerous, carcinological, oncodevelopmental, cancerian, carcinomatous, oncosurgical, cancerphobic, oncogenical, psychooncological, oncocytic
Translations
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adj relating to or affected with cancer
| Español | canceroso |
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| Português | canceroso |
| Français | cancéreux |
| Deutsch | krebsartig |
| Italiano | canceroso |
| Română | canceros |
| Русский | ра́ковый rákovyj |
| العربية | سَرَطَانِيّ saraṭāniyy |
adj growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm
| Русский | злока́чественный zlokáčestvennyj |
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