Associations to the word «Cancerous»

Wiktionary

CANCEROUS, adjective. (oncology) Relating to or affected with cancer.
CANCEROUS, adjective. Growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm.

Dictionary definition

CANCEROUS, adjective. Relating to or affected with cancer; "a cancerous growth".
CANCEROUS, adjective. Like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads; "remorse was cancerous within him"; "pornography is cancerous to the moral development of our children".

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates