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Thesaurus entry: cancer
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- The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
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cancer
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noun
1.
cancer of the breast
synonyms
: tumor, malignant tumor, malignancy, growth, malignant growth;
Med.
carcinoma, sarcoma, melanoma, metastasis.
2.
a cancer in our society
synonyms
: canker, blight, evil, corruption, sickness, disease, pestilence, scourge, plague.
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