Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like cancer; virulent; also, affected with cancer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective oncology Relating to or affected with
cancer . - adjective Growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads
- adjective relating to or affected with cancer
Etymologies
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Examples
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The President was infuriated that government efforts to eradicate poverty and improve livelihoods were undermined by what he called cancerous corruption that had eaten into government departments.
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The results are compelling: The ceramides seem to restrict the growth of blood vessels in cancerous growths.
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The results are compelling: The ceramides seem to restrict the growth of blood vessels in cancerous growths.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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Whatever its origins, we are in danger today of utter destruction by a virulent virus identified as a cancerous self-interest run amuck.
OpEdNews - OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and Opinion 2010
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The biggest problem, and it’s taken me a while to work this out, because all the other problems are so vast and so cancerous, is the gearbox.
Boing Boing 2009
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These "cancerous" cells sometimes spread to other parts of the body.
Stephen Barrie, ND: Your Fat Cells Control Your Brain ND Stephen Barrie 2010
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But they didn't know what was happening to their life-giving river until someone in the village came across an article titled "Yangtze river 'cancerous' with pollution" that was published in China Daily.
Subhankar Banerjee: From Toilet to Planet: A Brief Journey of Survival Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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But they didn't know what was happening to their life-giving river until someone in the village came across an article titled "Yangtze river 'cancerous' with pollution" that was published in China Daily.
Subhankar Banerjee: From Toilet to Planet: A Brief Journey of Survival Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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These "cancerous" cells sometimes spread to other parts of the body.
Stephen Barrie, ND: Your Fat Cells Control Your Brain ND Stephen Barrie 2010
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These "cancerous" cells sometimes spread to other parts of the body.
Stephen Barrie, ND: Your Fat Cells Control Your Brain ND Stephen Barrie 2010
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