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Words with a similar base: Cancer, Cancer_the_Crab, genus_Cancer

'Cancer'

[cancer.n.01] as in: 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

'Cancer'

[cancer.n.02] as in: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer

'Cancer'

[cancer.n.03] as in: a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini

'Cancer'

[cancer.n.04] as in: the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22

'Cancer'

[cancer.n.05] as in: type genus of the family Cancridae

Origins

					Cancer (English)
└── cancer (Latin)
    └── καρκίνος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))