cancerous

Definition

Relating to or affected with cancer.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "On Sunday at five they operated to remove the cancerous kidney."
• "A pilot study conducted in 2023 by the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the Erlangen University Hospital in Germany involved 104 patients and concluded that clinical breast examinations by MTEs who were visually impaired were as accurate in identifying potentially cancerous tumors as doctors trained in this procedure."
• "I love this show, but the fanbase is so toxic and cancerous."

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