Synonyms for cancer
ˈkæn sər; ˈkæŋ krican·cer

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1. cancernoun

   Synonyms:
   Cancerian

   Antonyms:
   Capricornus

2. Cancernoun

   A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab.

   Synonyms:
   malignancy, growth, neoplasia, Cancerian

   Antonyms:
   Capricornus

3. Cancernoun

   Antonyms:
   Capricornus

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cancer, malignant neoplastic diseasenoun

   any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream

   Synonyms:
   malignant neoplastic disease, genus Cancer

2. Cancer, Crabnoun

   (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer

   Synonyms:
   crab louse, malignant neoplastic disease, crabby person, crabmeat, genus Cancer, pubic louse

3. Cancernoun

   a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini

   Synonyms:
   malignant neoplastic disease, genus Cancer

4. Cancer, Cancer the Crab, Crabnoun

   the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22

   Synonyms:
   crab louse, malignant neoplastic disease, crabby person, crabmeat, genus Cancer, pubic louse

5. Cancer, genus Cancernoun

   type genus of the family Cancridae

   Synonyms:
   malignant neoplastic disease, genus Cancer

Matched Categories

1. • Arthropod Genus
   • Astrology
   • Constellation
   • Person
   • Sign
   • Zodiac

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cancernoun

   Synonyms:
   carcinoma, carcinosis

   Associated words:
   cancerate, canceration, cancerous, cancriform, cancroid, solanoid

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "cancer":

   cancers, krebs, rak, anticancer, oncology, carcinoma, tumor

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cancer

   Synonyms:
   Cancer and malignancy are used interchangeably; cancer is somewhat colloquial; malignancy is relatively formal
   

2. cancer

   Synonyms:
   Malignancy

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1. Lisa Richardson:

   The increases are not in every age group, the thing that seems to drive breast cancer is total exposure to estrogen over a lifetime.

2. Jessica Scott:

   It was surprising when we looked at similarities between astronauts during spaceflight and cancer patients during treatment. Both have a decrease in muscle mass, and they have bone demineralization and changes in heart function, astronauts may get something called space fog, where they have trouble focusing or get a little forgetful. That's very similar to what some cancer patients experience, which is called chemo brain.

3. Jacqueline Moline:

   Cancer has a latency period. The earliest cancers are the blood cancers. And then you see solid tumors, so the fact that we're seeing tumors on the uptick is not a surprise at all.

4. Joe Marelle:

   When you’re a coach or athlete and you win a championship, you realize that the championship was really a work-in-progress. What you went through during the pre-season, in the regular-season and then during the post-season enabled you to win a title. I treated the stages of my cancer treatment as the phases of a championship season, and it kept me on track to accomplishing my ultimate goal.

5. Eitan Ben-David:

   These foreign fighters can certainly pose a grave danger internally, so the Shin Bet (security service) and all the state system is doing very good work in foiling this threat, which could be a kind of spreading cancer, to our satisfaction, the situation is reasonable. It is not like any European country, nor even America, or places like China or Russia which have had a great number of homegrown ISIS fighters.