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canker

can·ker

UK/ˈkæŋkə/ US/ˈkæŋkɚ/ rare rare
noun (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)

verb

1.
2.

infect with a canker

Origin

From Middle English canker, cancre, from Old English cancer (“cancer; crab”), akin to Dutch kanker, Old High German chanchar. Ultimately from Latin cancer (“a cancer”). Doublet of cancer, a later borrowing from Latin, and chancre, which came through French.

Phrases

  • black canker
  • canker fly
  • canker rash
  • canker sore

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