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• cancer — cancerous, adj. cancered, adj. cancerously, adv. cancerousness, n. /kan seuhr/, n., gen. Cancri /kang kree/ for 3. 1. Pathol. a. a malignant and invasive growth or tumor, esp. one originating in epithelium, tending to recur after excision and to… …   Universalium

• cancrine — /kang krin/, adj. Pros. reading the same backwards as forwards: a cancrine line. Cf. palindrome. [1745 55; < L cancr (s. of cancer) CANCER + INE1] * * * …   Universalium

• cancroid — /kang kroyd/, adj. 1. Pathol. resembling a cancer, as certain tumors. 2. Zool. resembling a crab. n. 3. Pathol. a form of cancer of the skin. [1820 30; < L cancr (s. of cancer) CANCER + OID] * * * …   Universalium

• cancrine — /ˈkæŋkraɪn/ (say kangkruyn) adjective 1. crab like. 2. Prosody reading the same way backwards as forwards; palindromic: a cancrine verse. {Latin cancr (stem of cancer) + ine1} …  

• cancrivorous — (ˈ)kan|krivərəs, aŋ| adjective Etymology: New Latin cancrivorus, from cancr , cancer crab + i + vorus vorous more at cancer : feeding on crustaceans …   Useful english dictionary

• cancrizans — ˈkaŋkrə̇ˌzanz, ank adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin, present participle of cancrizare to go backwards, from Latin cancr , cancer crab + Late Latin izare ize music : having the theme or subject repeated backwards note for note a cancrizans… …   Useful english dictionary

• cancrine — /kang krin/, adj. Pros. reading the same backwards as forwards: a cancrine line. Cf. palindrome. [1745 55; < L cancr (s. of cancer) CANCER + INE1] …   Useful english dictionary