cancerousadj.

Brit.

/ˈkans(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/ˈkæns(ə)rəs/

Forms: late Middle English– cancerous, 1500s canserous.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin cancerosus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin cancerosus, cancrosus affected by cancer (4th cent.) < classical Latin cancer cancer n. + -ōsus -ous suffix. Compare cankerous adj. and foreign-language forms cited at that entry.

Of the nature of cancer; affected by cancer. Also figurative.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [adjective] > cancer

cancerous?a1425

cancerated1589

cancered1629

cankerous1691

carcinomatous1699

carcinomatose1742

cancroid1859

sarcomic1958

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious > by gradual or secret means

mining1560

undermining1583

cankerous1599

pioning1609

cancerous1655

sapping1819

?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 150^v (MED) Wesche þe cancerous place wiþ wheye of gote milke and drye þe place liȝtelye and enoynte þe sore also wiþ ane oynement of tutye.

1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. iv. ii. f. 20 Canserous vlcerations.

1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. 83 Frustrate those cancerous, close arts.

a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) i. 91 Cancerous Knots in the Breast.

1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God II. xxi. 591 Cancerous and Calumniating Hearts.

1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. viii. 134 When a portion of the intestinal canal becomes cancerous.

1844 Lancet 6 Jan. 493/2 The stone-like density of scirrhus is due to the fibrous stroma, in the meshes of which the true cancerous cells are contained.

1868 ‘G. Eliot’ Spanish Gypsy iv. 317 Remorse was born within him..cancerous, Forcing each pulse to feed its anguish.

1900 Bulletin (Sydney) 16 June 15/1 On many cattle-stations on the Clarence and Richmond Rivers all lumpy, cancerous, and other diseased cattle are..known as pig-meaters.

1939 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 45 190 When these are cancerous in character neoplastic extension to the neighbouring structure has almost certainly occurred.

1972 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 10 Feb. 28/4 Still another development in surgery is the lumpectomy, in which only the cancerous lump, plus some surrounding tissue, is removed.

2004 S. Mehta Maximum City 110 Another cancerous outgrowth of the Bombay Rent Act is the ‘paying guest’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cancerous
释义	cancerousadj. Brit. /ˈkans(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˈkæns(ə)rəs/ Forms: late Middle English– cancerous, 1500s canserous. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin cancerosus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin cancerosus, cancrosus affected by cancer (4th cent.) < classical Latin cancer cancer n. + -ōsus -ous suffix. Compare cankerous adj. and foreign-language forms cited at that entry. Of the nature of cancer; affected by cancer. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [adjective] > cancer cancerous?a1425 cancerated1589 cancered1629 cankerous1691 carcinomatous1699 carcinomatose1742 cancroid1859 sarcomic1958 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious > by gradual or secret means mining1560 undermining1583 cankerous1599 pioning1609 cancerous1655 sapping1819 ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 150^v (MED) Wesche þe cancerous place wiþ wheye of gote milke and drye þe place liȝtelye and enoynte þe sore also wiþ ane oynement of tutye. 1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. iv. ii. f. 20 Canserous vlcerations. 1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. 83 Frustrate those cancerous, close arts. a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) i. 91 Cancerous Knots in the Breast. 1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God II. xxi. 591 Cancerous and Calumniating Hearts. 1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. viii. 134 When a portion of the intestinal canal becomes cancerous. 1844 Lancet 6 Jan. 493/2 The stone-like density of scirrhus is due to the fibrous stroma, in the meshes of which the true cancerous cells are contained. 1868 ‘G. Eliot’ Spanish Gypsy iv. 317 Remorse was born within him..cancerous, Forcing each pulse to feed its anguish. 1900 Bulletin (Sydney) 16 June 15/1 On many cattle-stations on the Clarence and Richmond Rivers all lumpy, cancerous, and other diseased cattle are..known as pig-meaters. 1939 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 45 190 When these are cancerous in character neoplastic extension to the neighbouring structure has almost certainly occurred. 1972 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 10 Feb. 28/4 Still another development in surgery is the lumpectomy, in which only the cancerous lump, plus some surrounding tissue, is removed. 2004 S. Mehta Maximum City 110 Another cancerous outgrowth of the Bombay Rent Act is the ‘paying guest’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?a1425
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