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CANCER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Cancridae
Synonyms:
Cancer; genus Cancer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cancer" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Cancer"):
Cancer magister; Dungeness crab (small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America)
Cancer irroratus; rock crab (crab of eastern coast of North America)
Cancer borealis; Jonah crab (large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America)
Holonyms ("Cancer" is a member of...):
Cancridae; family Cancridae (many of the best known edible crabs)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
Synonyms:
Cancer; Cancer the Crab; Crab
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
house; mansion; planetary house; sign; sign of the zodiac; star sign ((astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)
Holonyms ("Cancer" is a part of...):
zodiac (a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
Synonyms:
Cancer; Crab
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cancer" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Domain category:
astrology; star divination (a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon)
Sense 5
Meaning:
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:
cancer; malignant neoplastic disease
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("cancer" is a kind of...):
malignant neoplasm; malignant tumor; metastatic tumor (a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cancer"):
lymphoma (a neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer)
carcinoma (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)
cancer of the blood; leucaemia; leukaemia; leukemia (malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer)
sarcoma (a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer)
Derivation:
cancerous (relating to or affected with cancer)
Context examples:
The surviving cells also showed signs of DNA damage which means they can be predisposed to developing cancer in the future.
(Lung damage from agricultural fires probed, SciDev.Net)
A medical oncologist often is the main health care provider for someone who has cancer.
(Medical oncologist, NCI Dictionary)
A drug used to treat advanced breast and endometrial cancer.
(Megace, NCI Dictionary)
A hormonal anticancer drug that is also used in cancer prevention.
(Medroxyprogesterone, NCI Dictionary)
As a result, this may relieve symptoms associated with prostate hypertrophy or prostate cancer, since testosterone is required to sustain prostate growth.
(Abarelix, NCI Thesaurus)
It is being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.
(ABI-007, NCI Dictionary)
Some oncologists specialize in a particular type of cancer treatment.
(Medical oncologist, NCI Thesaurus)
A drug used with prednisone to treat prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and has not gotten better with other hormone therapy.
(Abiraterone acetate, NCI Dictionary)
It includes checking a person’s nutrition status, and giving the right foods or nutrients to treat conditions such as those caused by diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
(Medical nutrition therapy, NCI Dictionary)
A substance being studied in the treatment of several types of cancer.
(Abexinostat, NCI Dictionary)
