英语词汇“cancerates”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

cancerates

释义

cancer /kanˈsər/

noun

Loosely, any malignant new growth or tumour
Properly, a carcinoma or disorderly growth of epithelial cells which invade adjacent tissue and are frequently spread by the lymphatics and blood vessels to other parts of the body
Any corroding evil or evil influence (figurative)

ORIGIN: L, crab, poss from the crablike blood vessels that radiate from a cancerous tumour

canˈcerate intransitive verb

To become cancerous

cancerāˈtion noun

canˈcerous adjective

Of, like or affected with cancer

cancerphobia or cancerophobia /-fōˈbi-ə/ noun

Excessive fear of contracting, or that one may have, cancer

cancer root noun

Beech-drops

cancer stick noun (slang)

A cigarette

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