A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the[…]hazards of gasoline cars: air and water pollution, noise and noxiousness, constant coughing and the undeniable rise in cancers caused by smoke exhaust particulates.
Someone with a Cancer star sign.
‘All right, so what are Cancers apart from sad, then?’ Lizzie asked.
Extremely unpleasant and annoying.
I used to love this game, but the new meta is straight up cancer.
A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab.
And add more coals to Cancer when he burns / With entertaining great Hyperion.
The zodiac sign for the crab, ruled by the Moon and covering June 22–July 22 (tropical astrology) or July 16–August 15 (sidereal astrology).
Borrowed from Latin cancer (“crab”), a calque of Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab; ulcer; cancer”) (possibly cognate), applied to cancerous tumors because the enlarged veins resembled the legs ...
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