Usually means: Uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. cancer: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Cancer, cancer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Cancer, cancer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cancer: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Cancer, cancer: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cancer, cancer: Wordnik
  7. Cancer, cancer: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cancer: Wiktionary
  9. cancer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cancer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cancer: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. cancer: Dictionary.com
  13. cancer: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. cancer: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Cancer (Chinese astronomy), Cancer (Confession album), Cancer (My Chemical Romance song), Cancer (My Disco album), Cancer (astrology), Cancer (band), Cancer (constellation), Cancer (disambiguation), Cancer (disease), Cancer (film), Cancer (genus), Cancer (journal), Cancer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Cancer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. cancer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. Cancer: Rhymezone
  19. cancer, cancer (m), cncer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. cancer: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. cancer: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. cancer: Free Dictionary
  23. cancer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. Cancer, cancer: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. Cancer: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cancer-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Cancer: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cancer: CCI Computer
  2. Cancer (disease), Cancer (medicine), cancer: Encyclopedia

Medicine (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Cancer: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. ABTA Brain Tumor Patients (No longer online)
  4. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Cancer: Merck Manuals
  6. Cancer: MedFriendly Glossary
  7. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Cancer Glossary (No longer online)
  9. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  10. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  11. GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary (No longer online)
  12. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  13. cancer: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  14. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  15. KidsHealth Glossary of Medical Words (No longer online)
  16. Cancer: Glossary of Lymphoma Terms
  17. Cancer: Breast Cancer Glossary of Medical Terms
  18. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  19. Cancer: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  20. cancer: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  21. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  22. Skin Cancer Information (No longer online)
  23. Cancer (disease), Cancer (medicine), cancer: Medical dictionary
  24. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  25. Cancer: Drug Medical Dictionary
  26. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sociology (No longer online)
  2. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  3. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. CANCER: Acronym Finder
  5. Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Genetic Terms (No longer online)

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Cancer (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. cancer: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. The Cancer: Colloquial Speech of Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada
  4. The Cancer, The Cancer: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Cancer: Glossary of Air Pollution Terms
  2. cancerous as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (medicine, oncology, pathology) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
noun:  (figuratively) Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.
adjective:  (slang) Extremely unpleasant and annoying.
noun:  (astronomy) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab.
noun:  (astrology) The zodiac sign for the crab, ruled by the Moon and covering June 22 - July 22 (tropical astrology) or July 16 - August 15 (sidereal astrology).
noun:  Someone with a Cancer star sign.

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