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cancerism

cancerism noun: a hypothetical diathesis or tendency toward the formation of cancer.

Noun

cancerism (uncountable)

  1. (dated) A hypothetical diathesis or tendency toward the formation of cancer.

cancerism meaning in Tamil

cancerism in Tamil

புற்றாதல், புற்று வளர்ச்சி, புற்றுமையம்

Origin of cancerism

From cancer + -ism.

Questions about cancerism

What does cancerism mean?
Cancerism means a hypothetical diathesis or tendency toward the formation of cancer.
What is cancerism in Tamil?
Cancerism in Tamil is புற்றாதல், புற்று வளர்ச்சி, புற்றுமையம். See Cancerism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cancerism?
Cancerism is a noun.

Words near cancerism in the dictionary

  1. Cancerians
  2. cancericidal
  3. cancerigenic
  4. cancerisation
  5. cancerisations
  6. cancerism
  7. cancerization
  8. cancerizations
  9. cancerize
  10. cancerized
  11. cancerless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cancerism (page history and authors); cancerism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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