单词 | cancerous |
释义 | cancercancer /ˈkænsɚ/ ●●● S2 W2 noun 1[countable, uncountable] medicine a very serious disease in which cells in a part of the body start to grow in an uncontrolled way that can cause death: lung cancer cancer of the liver cancer cells She was told that she had cancer. He died of cancer at the age of 63.2[countable] an activity that is increasing, and causes a lot of harm: The mayor has called drug abuse “a cancer on our society.” [Origin: 1600–1700 Latin crab, cancer]—cancerous adjective: a cancerous tumor |
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