cancer/'kænsəʳ/

n

1. C,U 恶性肿瘤；癌

• The cancer has spread to his stomach. 癌已扩散到他的胃部。

• a cancer-causing agent 致癌因素

2. U 癌症

• She was very ill with cancer of the liver. 她患了肝癌，病情很重。

3. C 弊端，痼疾

• Violence was the cancer of our society. 暴力是我们社会的一大弊端。

–cancerous adj