cancer
/ˈkænsɚ/ noun B1- A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (often rapid) proliferation. · Sure, almost everything 'causes cancer' now. That said, I don't go hugging nuclear waste or acting like cancer itself is some conspiracy.
- Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.
Plural cancers
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He had a bad illness called cancer.
He asked people to give money for cancer research.
Sadly, his cancer came back.
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