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cancerous

can·ce·rous

UK/ˈkænsəɹəs/ US/ˈkænsɜrʌs/ rare slang

adjective

1.

relating to or affected with cancer

  • “a cancerous growth”
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2.

like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads

  • “remorse was cancerous within him”
  • “pornography is cancerous to the moral development of our children”
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Origin

From Middle English cancerous, from Latin cancerōsus, from cancer (“crab; tumor, cancer”) + -ōsus (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, cancer + -ous.

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