cankernoun
uk/ˈkæŋ.kər/us/-kɚ/canker noun (TREES)
[ C or U ] specialized biology a disease that attacks the wood of trees
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Plant pathology
- auxin
- blight
- dry rot
- Dutch elm disease
- etiolated
- excrescence
- fungicide
- herbicide
- insecticide
- node
- organophosphate
- pesticide
- rust
- scab
- sterility
- wither
- worm-eaten
- wormhole
canker noun (ANIMALS)
[ U ] specialized biology a disease affecting the ears and mouth of animals and humans
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Disease & illness - general words
- autoimmune disease
- bilharzia
- bluetongue
- bout
- CFS
- CGD
- complaint
- dose
- dreaded lurgy
- endemic
- industrial disease
- lay
- life-threatening
- lurgy
- morbidity
- pandemic
- pinkeye
- strangulated
- syndrome
- wasting disease
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canker noun (EVIL)
[ C usually singular ] formal something evil that spreads through a person's mind, an organization, or a society:
Poverty is a canker eating away at the heart of society.
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Morally wrong and evil
- abhorrent
- amoral
- anomie
- arch-villain
- be rotten to the core idiom
- darkly
- evil
- evildoer
- go to the bad idiom
- godless
- hanky-panky
- heinous
- immoral
- scandalous
- seamy
- seedy
- shocking
- shockingly
- wicked
- wickedness
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