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cancerous

cancerous

2 definitions found for cancerous

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  cancerous \can"cer*ous\, a. [Cf. F. canc['e]reux]
     Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer;
     affected with cancer; as, a cancerous growth. "cancerous
     vices" --G. Eliot.
     [1913 Webster] -- Can"cer*ous*ly, adv. --
     Can"cer*ous*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :

  cancerous
      adj 1: relating to or affected with cancer; "a cancerous growth"
      2: like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads; "remorse was
         cancerous within him"; "pornography is cancerous to the moral
         development of our children"