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CANCER

CANCER is a 6 letter word which starts with the letter C and ends with the letter R for which we found 4 definitions.

Definition
(n.) A genus of decapod Crustacea including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America as the rock crab Jonah crab etc. See Crab.
(n.) The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence the sign of the summer solstice. See Tropic.
(n.) A northern constellation between Gemini and Leo.
(n.) Formerly any malignant growth esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called perhaps from the great veins which surround it compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework.

Syllable Information

The word CANCER is a 6 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for CANCER is: can-cer


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