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What is the noun for cancer?

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cancer
  1. (medicine) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
  2. (figuratively) Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “In particular, it is thought to cause mesothelioma, a cancer of the outer lining of the lung or the abdomen.”
      “The modern world has also inaugurated new norms and practices that are a cancer to our society.”
      “The major problem with excess abdominal fat is that it is highly associated with the development of heart disease, diabetes and cancer.”
cancerism
  1. (medicine) A hypothetical diathesis or tendency toward the formation of cancer.
cancerfic
  1. (fandom slang) Fan fiction centered around a character undergoing treatment for or dying from cancer.
cancerologist
  1. Someone who studies or specializes in cancerology.
canceration
  1. The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Although ES cells are currently in vogue, unresolved ethical issues and problems of rejection and canceration remain major hurdles to their clinical use.”
cancerization
  1. transformation into a cancerous form
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The prolonged exposure to harmful chemicals led to the cancerization of the previously healthy cells, resulting in the development of malignant tumors.”
cancerogenesis
  1. (pathology) The formation of a cancer (by the uncontrolled multiplication of cells).
cancerousness
  1. The state or quality of being cancerous.
cancerophobia
  1. Alternative form of cancerphobia
cancerphobia
  1. Inordinate dread of developing cancer.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Most of the cases involve the fear of developing AIDS, but a few are based on so-called cancerphobia.”
      “People are suing as a result of pollution, property, bodily injury, emotional distress and Cancerphobia.”
cancerology
  1. The scientific study of cancer.
cancerizations
cancerologists
  1. plural of cancerologist
cancerations
  1. plural of canceration
cancers
  1. plural of cancer
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Lymphomas are a group of cancers in which cells of the lymphatic system become abnormal and start to grow recalcitrantly.”
      “All these factors can cause not only low counts, zero counts, and immotile sperms that lead to infertility, but also cancers in some cases.”
      “The etiologic role of HPV infections in cancers of the lower genital tract is well established.”
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