Associations to the word «Canker»

CANKER, noun. (botany) A plant disease marked by gradual decay.

CANKER, noun. A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth.

CANKER, noun. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys.

CANKER, noun. A kind of wild rose; the dog rose.

CANKER, noun. An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths. Usually resulting from neglected thrush.

CANKER, noun. An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae.

CANKER, verb. (transitive) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.

CANKER, verb. (transitive) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.

CANKER, verb. (intransitive) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.

CANKER, verb. To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.

CANKER FLIES, noun. Plural of canker fly

CANKER FLY, noun. A fly that preys on fruit.

CANKER RASH, noun. (medicine) (dated) A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.

CANKER SORE, noun. An ulcer in the mouth, called an aphthous ulcer, caused by a break in the mucous membrane.

CANKER SORES, noun. Plural of canker sore

CANKER, noun. A fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark.

CANKER, noun. An ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth).

CANKER, noun. A pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst".

CANKER, verb. Become infected with a canker.

CANKER, verb. Infect with a canker.