cancer

English

/ˈkænsə/, /ˈkæːnsə/, /ˈkænsɚ/

noun
Definitions
  • (medicine) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
  • (figuratively) Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cancer (crab, a cancer, cancer, lattice, barrier, grid, tumor) derived from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (crab, cancer, crayfish) root from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)ker-

Gloss

cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

踊

Emoji
✂️ ✂️ 🎬️

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