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CANCEROUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads
Example:
pornography is cancerous to the moral development of our children
Classified under:
Similar:
malign (evil or harmful in nature or influence)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relating to or affected with cancer
Example:
a cancerous growth
Classified under:
Similar:
malignant (dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor))
Derivation:
cancer (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)
Context examples:
These patches may become malignant (cancerous).
(Cutaneous Precancerous Condition, NCI Dictionary)
This therapeutic treatment targets the endothelium or stroma as opposed to targeting the tumor or cancerous region.
(Metronomic Chemotherapy, NCI Thesaurus)
A multicentric cancer consists of a primary tumor with satellites of cancerous growth in surrounding tissues.
(Multicentric, NCI Thesaurus)
Use of optical coherence tomography to capture ulta-high resolution images of tissue surfaces which can be used to identify cancerous legions.
(Optical Biopsy, NCI Thesaurus)
A term that usually refers to the clinical course of lymphomas and indicates that the cancerous lymph nodes are not next to each other, but are on the same side of the diaphragm.
(Non-Contiguous Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
Cysts are rarely cancerous in women under 50.
(Ovarian Cysts, Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health)
CDKs are often dysregulated in cancerous cells.
(pan-CDK Inhibitor BAY1000394, NCI Thesaurus)
A pre-cancerous, non-invasive pancreatic epithelial neoplasm that arises from and is confined to the pancreatic ducts.
(Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
It is sometimes associated with sensory changes in the involved skin area, but very rarely becomes cancerous.
(Nevus of Ito, NCI Thesaurus)
Usually the tumors are benign, but sometimes they can become cancerous.
(Neurofibromatosis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
