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English noun: cancer | |||
| 1. | cancer (state) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | malignant neoplasm, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cancer of the blood, carcinoma, leucaemia, leukaemia, leukemia, lymphoma, sarcoma | ||
| 2. | Cancer (person) (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer | ||
| Synonyms | Crab | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
| Domain category | astrology, star divination | ||
| 3. | Cancer (object) a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini | ||
| Instance hypernym | constellation | ||
| Part meronym | zodiac | ||
| 4. | Cancer (location) the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22 | ||
| Synonyms | Cancer the Crab, Crab | ||
| Instance hypernym | house, mansion, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign | ||
| 5. | Cancer (animal) type genus of the family Cancridae | ||
| Synonyms | genus Cancer | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arthropod genus | ||
| Member holonym | Cancer borealis, Cancer irroratus, Cancer magister, Dungeness crab, Jonah crab, rock crab | ||
| Member meronym | Cancridae, family Cancridae | ||
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