cancerous
pronunciation
How to pronounce cancerous in British English:
UK ['kænsərəs]
How to pronounce cancerous in American English:
US [ˈkænsɚrəs]
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- Adjective:
- relating to or affected with cancer
- like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads
Word Origin
- cancerous (adj.)
- 1560s, from cancer + -ous.
Example
- 1. Many of these genes have been found by looking at cancerous cells .
- 2. The latest generation of treatments exploit our knowledge of what happens within cancerous cells .
- 3. His cancerous thought has metastasised throughout pakistan , to yemen , somalia and elsewhere .
- 4. If this check could be stimulated in humans , it could halt the growth of cancerous tumours .
- 5. True age spots are harmless and don 't need treatment , but they can look like cancerous growths .