My doctor thinks it's cancerous but told me to feel free to get a second opinion.
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Cancerous
//ˈkænsəɹəs//
Synonyms for "cancerous" (26 found)
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9 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 17 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- سَرَطَانِيّ adj (relating to or affected with cancer)
Catalan
1 entries- cancerós adj (relating to or affected with cancer)
Czech
1 entries- rakovinný adj (relating to or affected with cancer)
Esperanto
1 entries- kancera adj (relating to or affected with cancer)
Finnish
1 entries- syöpäinen adj (relating to or affected with cancer)
French
1 entries- cancéreux adj (relating to or affected with cancer)
Galician
1 entries- canceroso adj (relating to or affected with cancer)
German
1 entries- krebsartig adj (relating to or affected with cancer)
Irish
1 entries- ailseach adj (relating to or affected with cancer)
Italian
1 entries- canceroso adj (relating to or affected with cancer)
Norman
1 entries- chancreux adj (relating to or affected with cancer)
Portuguese
1 entries- canceroso adj (relating to or affected with cancer)
Romanian
1 entries- canceros adj (relating to or affected with cancer)
Russian
2 entries- злока́чественный adj (growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm)
- ра́ковый adj (relating to or affected with cancer)
Spanish
1 entries- canceroso adj (relating to or affected with cancer)
Turkish
1 entries- kanserli adj (relating to or affected with cancer)
Welsh
1 entries- canseraidd adj (relating to or affected with cancer)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The results of Tom's biopsy show that the tumor is cancerous.
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The histologic assay showed that the sample contained cancerous cells.
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After her dermatologist explained that the mole was potentially cancerous, Julia decided that it was better to be safe than sorry and made an appointment to have her beauty mark surgically removed.
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