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Synonyms for cancerous


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kan-ser
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæn sər



Définition of cancerous

Origin :
  • 1560s, from cancer + -ous.
  • adj malignant
Example sentences :
  • Trees are also very rare on that spot, and these poor, meagre, and cancerous.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • I think we care too highly for the cancerous and the consumptive.
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
  • But what has this girl to do with your 'realm of the dead' or my study of cancerous tissue?
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
  • She had acquired a cancerous technique; and she could not get rid of it.
  • Extract from : « Three Plays by Brieux » by Eugne Brieux
  • It is used as a sprinkle for open cancers and cancerous sores.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • It is a cancerous growth that human conventions have created and maintained.
  • Extract from : « Broke » by Edwin A. Brown
  • The prognosis of cancerous dilatation is as unfavorable as possible.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • It is not cancerous, although bearing some resemblance to epithelioma.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • It is a cancerous disease, but it cannot be cut out like a cancer.
  • Extract from : « Spring Days » by George Moore
  • The first is used as a dressing to cancerous sores; the second is applied on lint as a caustic in like cases.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley

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