cancers

Noun

cancer (countable and uncountable, plural cancers)

1. A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (often rapid) proliferation.
   • She's ill. She's dying. She has cancer of the pancreas, stomach, just about everywhere... She's been dying for about six years now. We're getting used to it.1999 February 3, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Strangler's Wood”, in Midsomer Murders

   Synonyms:

   malignancy

2. (figuratively) Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.
   • I began by telling the President that there was a cancer growing on the Presidency, and if the cancer was not removed, the President himself would be killed by it.1973 June 25, John Dean

   Synonyms:

   growth, lichen

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