cancerous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈkænsəɹəs/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English cancerous, from Latin cancerōsus, from cancer (“crab; tumor, cancer”) + -ōsus (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, cancer + -ous.
Meanings
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Relating to or affected with cancer.
A pilot study conducted in 2023 by the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the Erlangen University Hospital in Germany involved 104 patients and concluded that clinical breast examinations by MTEs who were visually impaired were as accurate in identifying potentially cancerous tumors as doctors trained in this procedure.
2024 September 8, Kamala Thiagarajan, “Women who are blind play a critical role in identifying possible breast cancers”, in NPR:On Sunday at five they operated to remove the cancerous kidney.
2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 368:
- (figuratively) Growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm.
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(derogatory, slang) Extremely unpleasant; detestable.
I love this show, but the fanbase is so toxic and cancerous.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most cancerous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more cancerous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
cancerously · cancerousness · precancerous · anticancerous · paracancerous · uncancerous · procancerous · noncancerous · pericancerous
Relateds
Synonyms
pure cancer · cancer · AIDS
Translations (18)
ru ра́ковый (relating to or affected with cancer) · fr cancéreux (relating to or affected with cancer) · it canceroso (relating to or affected with cancer) · nrf chancreux (relating to or affected with cancer) · fi syöpäinen (relating to or affected with cancer) · ca cancerós (relating to or affected with cancer) · de krebsartig (relating to or affected with cancer) · ar سَرَطَانِيّ (relating to or affected with cancer) · pt canceroso (relating to or affected with cancer) · gl canceroso (relating to or affected with cancer) · es canceroso (relating to or affected with cancer) · ru злока́чественный (growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm) · tr kanserli (relating to or affected with cancer) · ro canceros (relating to or affected with cancer) · eo kancera (relating to or affected with cancer) · ga ailseach (relating to or affected with cancer) · cy canseraidd (relating to or affected with cancer) · cs rakovinný (relating to or affected with cancer)