nnoun.stateany malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood streamSynset:malignant neoplastic disease
Derivationally Related Form:cancerous
Hypernyms:malignant neoplasm malignant tumor metastatic tumor
Inherited Hypernyms:cancermalignant tumormalignancydiseaseillnessill healthpathological statephysical conditionconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:cancermalignant tumortumorgrowthillnessill healthpathological statephysical conditionconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:cancer of the bloodcarcinomaleucaemialeukaemialeukemialymphomasarcoma
Full Hyponyms:acute leukemiaacute lymphocytic leukemiaacute myelocytic leukemiaadenocarcinomaalveolar rhabdomyosarcomabreast cancercancroidcarcinomacarcinoma in situchondrosarcomachronic leukemiachronic lymphocytic leukemiachronic myelocytic leukemiacolon cancerembryonal carcinomaembryonal rhabdomyosarcomaendometrial carcinomaepitheliomaewing's sarcomahepatomahodgkin's diseasekaposi's sarcomaleiomyosarcomaleukemialiposarcomaliver cancerlung cancerlymphoblastic leukemialymphocytic leukemialymphomamelanomamesotheliomamonocytic leukemiamyeloblastic leukemiamyelocytic leukemiamyosarcomaneurosarcomaoat cell carcinomaoral cancerosteosarcomapancreatic cancerpleomorphic rhabdomyosarcomaprostate cancerrhabdomyosarcomasarcomaseminomaskin cancertrophoblastic cancerwilms' tumor
nnoun.person(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in CancerTopic:astrologystar divination
Synset:Cancer Crab
Hypernyms:individual mortal person somebody someone soul
Inherited Hypernyms:cancerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:cancerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.objecta small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and GeminiPart Holonyms:zodiac
Instance Hypernyms:constellation
Inherited Hypernyms:cancerconstellationnatural objectwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.locationthe fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22Synset:Cancer Cancer the Crab Crab
Instance Hypernyms:house mansion planetary house sign sign of the zodiac star sign
Inherited Hypernyms:cancersign of the zodiacregionlocationobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.animaltype genus of the family CancridaeSynset:Cancer genus Cancer
Member Holonyms:Cancridae family Cancridae
Hypernyms:arthropod genus
Inherited Hypernyms:cancerarthropod genusgenustaxonomic groupbiological groupgroupabstractionentity
Member Meronyms:Cancer magister Dungeness crab Cancer borealis Jonah crab Cancer irroratus rock crab