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cancer in Persian

سرطان saratân

/ˈkænsə/

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cancer in Persian: سرطان (saratân), خرچنگ (xarčang), چنگار (čangâr), کنسر (kanser). In English, cancer means a disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (often rapid) proliferation.

Persian words for cancer

disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation
سرطان saratân, خرچنگ xarčang, چنگار čangâr, کنسر kanser

English meaning of cancer

  1. noun A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (often rapid) proliferation.
  2. noun Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.
  3. adjective Extremely unpleasant and annoying.

Full definition of cancer

cancer in a sentence

  • Sure, almost everything 'causes cancer' now. That said, I don't go hugging nuclear waste or acting like cancer itself is some conspiracy.
  • I used to love this game, but the new meta is straight up cancer.

Synonyms of cancer

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Questions about cancer in Persian

What is the meaning of cancer in Persian?
Cancer in Persian is سرطان (saratân), خرچنگ (xarčang), چنگار (čangâr), کنسر (kanser).
معنی cancer چیست؟
Cancer: سرطان (saratân), خرچنگ (xarčang), چنگار (čangâr), کنسر (kanser).
What does cancer mean in English?
Cancer means a disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (often rapid) proliferation.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cancer (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Persian words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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