Real Dictionary

cancer
a kind, class, or category, the constituents of which share similar characteristics [...]
a narrow continuous mark, as one made by a pencil, pen, or brush across a surface [...]
a part of an organism consisting of a large number of cells having a similar structure and function [...]
a representation, usually on a smaller scale, of a device, structure, etc [...]
a small part of anything, intended as representative of the whole; specimen [...]
a small simple room, as in a prison, convent, or monastery; cubicle [...]
any type of malignant growth or tumour, caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division: it may spread through the lymphatic system or blood stream to other parts of the body [...]
Cancer is a serious disease in which cells in a person's body increase rapidly in an uncontrolled way, producing abnormal growths.
degree, extent, or frequency of occurrence; amount [...]
rapid growth or reproduction of new parts, cells, etc [...]
the act of progressing; advancement [...]
the act or an instance of migrating [...]
the condition of being mortal [...]
the main axis of a plant, which bears the leaves, axillary buds, and flowers and contains a hollow cylinder of vascular tissue [...]
the process or act of growing, esp in organisms following assimilation of food [...]
the quality or condition of being susceptible [...]
the spreading of a disease, esp cancer cells, from one part of the body to another [...]
countable noun: A Cancer is a person whose sign of the zodiac is Cancer.
uncountable noun: Cancer is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a crab. People who are born approximately between the 21st of June and the 22nd of July come under this sign.