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cancer

can·cer

UK/ˈkænsə/ US/ˈkænsɚ/ common slang

noun

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(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer

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the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin cancer (“crab”), a calque of Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab; ulcer; cancer”), possibly cognate, applied to cancerous tumors because of a supposed resemblence between their enlarged veins and the legs of a crab. Doublet of canker and chancre.

Phrases

  • cancer bush
  • cancer root
  • cancer stick
  • first point of Cancer
  • Tropic of Cancer

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