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Cancer   /kˈænsər/   Listen
Cancer

noun
1.
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.  Synonym: malignant neoplastic disease.
2.
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer.  Synonym: Crab.
3.
A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini.
4.
The fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22.  Synonyms: Cancer the Crab, Crab.
5.
Type genus of the family Cancridae.  Synonym: genus Cancer.



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... his "Annals of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth," thus speaks of the ravages of the plague in 1592-3, "For this whole year the sickness raged violently in London, Saturn passing through the extreme parts of Cancer and the head of Leo, as it did in the year 1563; in so much, that when the year came about, there died of the sickness and other diseases in the city and suburbs, 17,890 persons, besides William Roe, Mayor, and three Aldermen; ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VIII (4th edition) • Various

... farms in Morayshire which are not breeding farms, and where the young stock does not thrive, and the calves have to be sold, and even old cattle only thrive for a certain length of time. Some farms are apt to produce cancer on the throat and side of the head. I pay little attention to this, as change of air cures the complaint. For the first two or three weeks after a beast is attacked with this disease, it will go back in condition; but I have seldom ...
— Cattle and Cattle-breeders • William M'Combie


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