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cancerous

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈkænsəɹəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted accenorsuStarts with CEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads

Word origin

From Middle English cancerous, from Latin cancerōsus, from cancer (“crab; tumor, cancer”) + -ōsus (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, cancer + -ous.

Used in a sentence

  • On Sunday at five they operated to remove the cancerous kidney.
  • I love this show, but the fanbase is so toxic and cancerous.

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