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Meaning of cancer

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  cancer
      n 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
           [syn: {cancer}, {malignant neoplastic disease}]
      2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
         [syn: {Cancer}, {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 [syn: {Cancer}, {Cancer the Crab},
         {Crab}]
      5: type genus of the family Cancridae [syn: {Cancer}, {genus
         Cancer}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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